Armeria maritima in Genus Armeria

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Internal ID	UUID64400ac506c41424447843
Scientific name	Armeria maritima
Authority	(Mill.) Willd.
First published in	Enum. Pl. : 333 (1809)

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Armeria maritima, also known as thrift, sea thrift, or sea pink, is a compact evergreen perennial plant that produces long stems with globes of bright pink flowers. It is a popular garden flower and can be found in gardens designed as xeriscapes or rock gardens. This plant has a circumpolar distribution and can be found in coastal areas across the Northern Hemisphere. It is able to grow in dry, sandy, and saline conditions and is a common sight in British salt marshes. Armeria maritima is also known for its copper-tolerance and is able to grow in soils with high copper concentrations. It is a host species for the pathogenic fungus Phoma herbarum and is designated as a species of principal importance for biodiversity conservation in England. The cultivar 'Vindictive' has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. In popular culture, thrift has been featured on the British threepence coin and was chosen as the county flower of the Isles of Scilly. It has also been mentioned in literature, such as in Sir John Betjeman's poem 'A Bay in Anglesea' and in Enid Blyton's Famous Five series.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Statice armeria	L.	Sp. Pl. : 274 (1753)
Statice maritima	Mill.	Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 3 (1768)
Armeria armeria	H.Karst.	Deut. Fl. (Karsten), ed. 2 2: 489. 1894
Armeria campestris	Wallr.	Beitr. Bot. 2: 203 (1844)
Armeria campestris var. linkii	Wallr.	Beitr. Bot. 2: 204 1844
Armeria duriuscula	Bab.	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. , ser. 2, 3: 436 (1849)
Armeria elongata var. maritima	(Mill.) Skottsb.	Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. , n.s., 56(5): 286 (1916)
Armeria expansa	Wallr.	Beitr. Bot. 2: 197 (1844)
Armeria intermedia	Link ex Boiss.	Prodr. 12: 681 (1848)
Armeria maritima var. alpinifolia	(Pau & Font Quer) G.H.M.Lawr.	Gentes Herb. 4: 406 1940
Armeria maritima var. ambifaria	(Focke) G.H.M.Lawr.	Gentes Herb. 4: 405 1940
Armeria maritima subsp. anglica	Wallr.	Beitr. Bot. 2: 186 1844
Armeria maritima subsp. belgica	Wallr.	Beitr. Bot. 2: 186 1844
Armeria maritima var. duriuscula	(Bab.) Bab.	Man. Brit. Bot. , ed. 6: 281 (1867)
Armeria maritima subsp. gallica	Wallr.	Beitr. Bot. 2: 186 1844
Armeria maritima subsp. germanica	Wallr.	Beitr. Bot. 2: 186 1844
Armeria maritima var. hortensis	Wallr.	Beitr. Bot. 2: 186 1844
Armeria maritima subsp. itala	Wallr.	Beitr. Bot. 2: 186 1844
Armeria maritima f. laucheana	Voss	Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 1: 617 1896
Armeria maritima var. maria	G.H.M.Lawr.	Gentes Herb. 4: 405 1940
Armeria maritima subsp. miscella	(Merino) Malag.	Acta Phytotax. Barcinon. 1: 23 1969
Armeria maritima var. planifolia	(Syme) Bab.	Man. Brit. Bot. ed. 8: 295 1881
Armeria maritima var. pubescens	(Link) Bab.	Man. Brit. Bot. , ed. 6: 281 (1867)
Armeria maritima var. pubigera	(Boiss.) Bab.	Man. Brit. Bot. ed. 6: 681 1867
Armeria maritima var. sylvestris	Wallr.	Beitr. Bot. 2: 186 1844
Armeria miscella	Merino	Fl. Galicia 3: 584 (1909)
Armeria montana	G.Don ex Loudon	Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 114. 1830
Armeria planifolia	Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. : 616 (1881)
Armeria pubescens	Link	Repert. Nat. Cur. Berol. 1: 180 (1829)
Armeria pubescens	B.Heyne ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 133. 1840
Armeria pubigera var. scotica	Boiss.	Prodr. 12: 678 (1848)
Armeria rhenana	Gremli	Excursionsfl. Schweiz , ed. 4: 350 (1881)
Armeria vulgaris	Willd.	Enum. Pl. : 333 (1809)
Armeria vulgaris f. ambifaria	(Focke) W.F.Christ.	Bot. Arch. 31: 254 1931
Armeria vulgaris var. calaminaria	F.Petri	Gen. Armeniae 40 1863
Armeria vulgaris var. eifeliaca	F.Petri	Gen. Armeniae 40 1863
Armeria vulgaris var. halleri	(Wallr.) F.Petri	Gen. Armeriae : 40 (1863)
Armeria vulgaris var. intermedia	T.Marsson	Fl. Neu-Vorpommern : 379 (1869)
Armeria vulgaris subsp. intermedia	(T.Marsson) Nordh.	Norsk Fl. 499. 1940
Armeria vulgaris var. longiinvolucrata	F.Petri	Gen. Armeriae : 41 (1863)
Armeria vulgaris f. longiscapa	F.Petri	Gen. Armeniae 40 1863
Armeria vulgaris subsp. maritima	(Mill.) F.Petri	Gen. Armeniae 41 1863
Armeria vulgaris var. planifolia	Syme	Engl. Bot. ed. 3, 8: 158 1867
Armeria vulgaris var. pubescens	(Sowerby) F.Petri	Gen. Armeniae 40 1863
Armeria vulgaris f. purpurea	T.Marsson	Fl. Neu-Vorpommern 379 1869
Armeria vulgaris var. rugica	F.Petri	Gen. Armeniae 40 1863
Statice armeria var. pubescens	Sowerby	Engl. Bot. t. 226 1795
Armeria vulgaris var. glabra	T.Marsson	Fl. Neu-Vorpommern : 379 (1869)
Armeria vulgaris var. maritima	(Mill.) T.Marsson	Fl. Neu-Vorpommern : 379 (1869)
Armeria vulgaris var. alba	L.H.Bailey	Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 395 (1914)
Armeria vulgaris var. splendens	L.H.Bailey	Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 395 (1914)
Armeria vulgaris var. laucheana	L.H.Bailey	Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 395 (1914)
Armeria vulgaris var. grandiflora	L.H.Bailey	Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 395 (1914)
Armeria elongata	W.D.J.Koch	Deutschl. Fl. , ed. 3, 2: 487 (1826)
Androsace macloviana	Cham.

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	sea cushion
English	thrift
English	thrift seapink
English	madeira sea pink
English	sea thrift
English	marsh daisy
English	sea pink
Spanish	estatice-erizo
Spanish	clavelina de mar
Spanish	cesped frances
Spanish	cesped francés
Spanish	césped francés
Spanish	clavel de playas
Arabic	العود الأحمر
Arabic	عود أحمر
Belarusian	барадульнік
Belarusian	жудрэц
Catalan	gasó alpí
Czech	trávnička přímořská
Welsh	clustog fair
Danish	almindelig engelskgræs
Danish	engelskgræs
German	gemeine grasnelke
German	sand-grasnelke
German	strand-grasnelke
German	gewöhnliche grasnelke
Estonian	roosa merikann
Basque	itsas krabelin
Persian	آرمریا ماریتیما
Finnish	laukkaneilikka
Finnish	rusolaukkaneilikka
French	armerie maritime
French	gazon dolympe
French	armérie maritime
French	Œillet marin
French	gazon d'olympe
frr	hongerkral
Irish	nóinín cladaigh
Irish	caoróg mhara
Irish	rabhán mara
Irish	rabhán
Galician	herba de namorar
Galician	herba empreñadeira
Croatian	primorska babosvilka
Upper Sorbian	suchi nalik
Upper Sorbian	wšědna dychnička
Hungarian	magas istác
Icelandic	geldingahnappur
Japanese	アルメリア
Japanese	ハマカンザシ
Korean	아르메리아
Cornish	brytonen
Cornish	tamm on
Cornish	bryton
Lithuanian	pajūrinė gvaizdė
Norwegian Bokmål	fjærekoll
Norwegian Bokmål	strandnellik
Norwegian Bokmål	fjørekoll
Norwegian Bokmål	fjærkollen
Norwegian Bokmål	fjærekollen
Dutch	engels gras
Norwegian Nynorsk	fjørekoll
Norwegian Nynorsk	strandnellik
Polish	zawciąg pospolity
Romanian	Limba peștelui
Russian	Армерия морская
Russian	Армерия приморская
Slovak	trávnička prímorská
Slovenian	navadni pečnik
Swedish	trift
Swedish	strandtrift
Swedish	mellantrift
Swedish	islandstrift
Swedish	gräsnejlika
Swedish	fjälltrift
Swedish	backtrift
Ukrainian	Армерія покутська
Chinese	海石竹

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Name	Authority	First published in
Armeria maritima subsp. barcensis	(Simonk.) P.Silva	Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64: 376 (1971)
Armeria maritima subsp. californica	(Boiss.) A.E.Porsild	Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada 135: 174 (1955)
Armeria maritima subsp. elongata	(Hoffm.) Bonnier	Fl. Ill. France 9: 54 (1927)
Armeria maritima subsp. halleri	(Wallr.) Rothm.	Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 67: 9 1963
Armeria maritima subsp. interior	(Raup) A.E.Porsild	Bull. Natl. Mus. Canada 135: 172 (1955)
Armeria maritima subsp. purpurea	(W.D.J.Koch) Á.Löve & D.Löve	Bot. Not. 114: 54 1961
Armeria maritima subsp. sibirica	(Turcz. ex Boiss.) Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. : 616 (1881)

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

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Africa click to expand
- Macaronesia
  - Azores

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- Mongolia
  - Mongolia
- Russian Far East
  - Kamchatka
  - Khabarovsk
  - Kuril Islands
  - Magadan
  - Sakhalin
- Siberia
  - Buryatiya
  - Krasnoyarsk
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  - Yakutskiya

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- Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States
  - Belarus
  - Central European Russia
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  - Northwest European Russia
  - Ukraine
- Middle Europe
  - Austria
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  - Czechoslovakia
  - Germany
  - Hungary
  - Netherlands
  - Poland
  - Switzerland
- Northern Europe
  - Denmark
  - Finland
  - Føroyar
  - Great Britain
  - Iceland
  - Ireland
  - Norway
  - Sweden
- Southeastern Europe
  - Italy
  - Romania
  - Turkey-in-Europe
  - Yugoslavia
- Southwestern Europe
  - France
  - Portugal
  - Spain

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- Eastern Canada
  - Labrador
  - Newfoundland
  - Ontario
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado
  - Oregon
  - Washington
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California
- Subarctic America
  - Alaska
  - Aleutian Islands
  - Greenland
  - Northwest Territorie
  - Nunavut
  - Yukon
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  - British Columbia
  - Manitoba
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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000549005
UNII	1021I42L1E
Canadensys	7352
USDA Plants	ARMA6
Tropicos	25400032
INPN	83832
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19793-2
The Plant List	kew-2652527
Plantarium	3731
Missouri Botanical Garden	285144
PaleoBotany	25360
Open Tree Of Life	268428
Observations.org	2354
NCBI Taxonomy	71835
NBN Atlas	NHMSYS0021060385
Nature Serve	2.129104
IPNI	19793-2
iNaturalist	60476
iNaturalist	129099
GBIF	8930531
Freebase	/m/094m91
EPPO	ARVMA
EOL	585577
Elurikkus	2890
Calflora (Californian flora)	9695
USDA GRIN	4226
Wikipedia	Armeria_maritima
PFAF	Armeria maritima

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Scientific Literature Top

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The Greuter Herbarium in Palermo: An Inventory of Its Type Specimens Available Online, with Some Thoughts on Type Terminology (Occasional Papers from the Herbarium Greuter, N° 5)

Greuter W

Plants (Basel)

12-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11053905
doi:	10.3390/plants13081086
PMID:	38674494

Deep learning-based detection of indicator species for monitoring biodiversity in semi-natural grasslands

Basavegowda DH, Schleip I, Mosebach P, Weltzien C

Environ Sci Ecotechnol

09-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11066142
doi:	10.1016/j.ese.2024.100419
PMID:	38706811

Pb uptake, accumulation, and translocation in plants: Plant physiological, biochemical, and molecular response: A review

Ur Rahman S, Qin A, Zain M, Mushtaq Z, Mehmood F, Riaz L, Naveed S, Ansari MJ, Saeed M, Ahmad I, Shehzad M

Heliyon

07-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10945279
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27724
PMID:	38500979

Which Plant Species for Green Roofs in the Mediterranean Environment?

Leotta L, Toscano S, Romano D

Plants (Basel)

27-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10708222
doi:	10.3390/plants12233985
PMID:	38068621

The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.)

Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ

PLoS One

04-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10602594
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:	37792900

eDNA Metabarcoding- and Microscopic Analysis for Diet Determination in Waterfowl, a Comparative Study in Vejlerne, Denmark

Svendsen AS, Nielsen LB, Schmidt JB, Bruhn D, Andersen LH, Pertoldi C

Biology (Basel)

21-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10525441
doi:	10.3390/biology12091272
PMID:	37759671

Epigenetic Control of Plant Response to Heavy Metals

Fasani E, Giannelli G, Varotto S, Visioli G, Bellin D, Furini A, DalCorso G

Plants (Basel)

07-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10537915
doi:	10.3390/plants12183195
PMID:	37765359

Chemical Constituents and Antimicrobial Activity of a Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis.) P. Karst. Aqueous Ammonia Extract

Sánchez-Hernández E, Teixeira A, Pereira C, Cruz A, Martín-Gil J, Oliveira R, Martín-Ramos P

Plants (Basel)

11-Jun-2023

PMCID:	PMC10305452
doi:	10.3390/plants12122271
PMID:	37375896

Investigation of the Copper Requirements of the Metallophyte Liverworts Cephaloziella nicholsonii Douin and C. massalongoi (Spruce) Müll.Frib

Campbell C, Kelly DL, Smyth N, Lockhart N, Holyoak DT, Long D

Plants (Basel)

09-Jun-2023

PMCID:	PMC10300965
doi:	10.3390/plants12122265
PMID:	37375890

Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd. Flower Hydromethanolic Extract for Cucurbitaceae Fungal Diseases Control

Sánchez-Hernández E, Martín-Ramos P, Navas-Gracia LM, Martín-Gil J, Garcés-Claver A, Flores-León A, González-García V

Molecules

26-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10180270
doi:	10.3390/molecules28093730
PMID:	37175142

Nuclear DNA Amounts in Chinese Bryophytes Estimated by Flow Cytometry: Variation Patterns and Biological Significances

Li D, Luo G, Guo S, Huang R, Yang J, Cao T, Yu J

Plants (Basel)

05-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10096954
doi:	10.3390/plants12071564
PMID:	37050190

Water Content of Plant Tissues: So Simple That Almost Forgotten?

Ievinsh G

Plants (Basel)

08-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10058729
doi:	10.3390/plants12061238
PMID:	36986926

Micro-Evolutionary Processes in Armeria maritima at Metalliferous Sites

Wierzbicka M, Abratowska A, Bemowska-Kałabun O, Panufnik-Mędrzycka D, Wąsowicz P, Wróbel M, Trzybiński D, Woźniak K

Int J Mol Sci

28-Feb-2023

PMCID:	PMC10003435
doi:	10.3390/ijms24054650
PMID:	36902080

What Makes the Life of Stressed Plants a Little Easier? Defense Mechanisms against Adverse Conditions

Muszyńska E, Dziurka K, Labudda M

Plants (Basel)

24-Feb-2023

PMCID:	PMC10005685
doi:	10.3390/plants12051040
PMID:	36903901

Diaporthe species associated with the maritime grass Festuca rubra subsp. pruinosa

Toghueo RM, Vázquez de Aldana BR, Zabalgogeazcoa I

Front Microbiol

16-Feb-2023

PMCID:	PMC9978114
doi:	10.3389/fmicb.2023.1105299
PMID:	36876098

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Amino acids and derivatives / Beta amino acids and derivatives
3-(Methylamino)propanoic acid	75891	Click to see CNCCC(=O)O	103.12	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1034/J.1399-3054.2000.100302.X
> Organic nitrogen compounds / Organonitrogen compounds / Quaternary ammonium salts / Tetraalkylammonium salts
Beta-alanine betaine	441440	Click to see C[N+](C)(C)CCC(=O)[O-]	131.17	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1034/J.1399-3054.2000.100302.X
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids
Caffeic Acid	689043	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C=CC(=O)O)O)O	180.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(95)97456-7
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Isorhamnetin	5281654	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O)O	316.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(95)97456-7
Kaempferol	5280863	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O)O	286.24	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(95)97456-7
Myricetin	5281672	Click to see C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O	318.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(95)97456-7
Quercetin	5280343	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O)O)O	302.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(95)97456-7

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Armeria maritima

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Description Top

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