Blooms: March-July
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: West of the Cascades in Washington, chiefly along the coast; Alaska south to California, also Newfoundland and Europe.
Habitat: Along beaches and coastal bluffs, occasionally inland.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: West of the Cascades in Washington, chiefly along the coast; Alaska south to California, also Newfoundland and Europe.
Habitat: Along beaches and coastal bluffs, occasionally inland.
Species Description:
General: Scapose, perennial herbs, the 1-several scapes glabrous, 1-5 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves all basal, in dense tufts, narrowly linear, tough and persistent, 5-10 cm. long and 1-3 mm. broad, glabrous to puberulent.
Flowers: Flowers in dense, head-like clusters subtended by purplish involucral bracts, 1.5-3 cm. broad, terminal on the scapes; flowers in clusters of 3 on short pedicels, subtended by 2 transparent bracts; calyx 5-lobed, funnel-shaped, dry and chaffy, 10-nerved, 5-6 mm. long; corolla 5-lobed nearly to the base, pinkish or purplish; stamens 5, opposite the corolla lobes; styles 5, distinct.
Fruits: Fruit achene-like.
General: Scapose, perennial herbs, the 1-several scapes glabrous, 1-5 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves all basal, in dense tufts, narrowly linear, tough and persistent, 5-10 cm. long and 1-3 mm. broad, glabrous to puberulent.
Flowers: Flowers in dense, head-like clusters subtended by purplish involucral bracts, 1.5-3 cm. broad, terminal on the scapes; flowers in clusters of 3 on short pedicels, subtended by 2 transparent bracts; calyx 5-lobed, funnel-shaped, dry and chaffy, 10-nerved, 5-6 mm. long; corolla 5-lobed nearly to the base, pinkish or purplish; stamens 5, opposite the corolla lobes; styles 5, distinct.
Fruits: Fruit achene-like.
Subspecies & Varieties:
Ours is ssp. californica
Accepted Name:
Armeria maritima (P. Mill.) Willd.Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Armeria maritima
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Armeria maritima specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Armeria maritima specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Armeria maritima treatment.
E-Flora BC: Armeria maritima atlas page.
CalPhotos: Armeria maritima images.
USDA Plants Database: Armeria maritima.
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