Armeria maritima subsp. maritima

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 605. Mentioned on page 604.

Leaf-blades hairy or glabrous. Scapes hairy. Inflorescences: sheath length 0.33–0.75 times diam. of flower head; outer involucral-bracts much shorter than flower head. Flowers dimorphic: papillate stigmas associated with finely reticulate pollen; smooth stigmas associated with coarsely reticulate pollen; calyx hairy throughout or on ribs only. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–early summer.
Habitat: Maritime rocks, cliffs
Elevation: 0 m

Discussion

Populations of subsp. maritima occur mainly in coastal salt marshes, cliffs, rocks, and pastures in northwestern Europe and have their most western extension in southern Greenland, below 62°N latitude. It is introduced and naturalized at Yaquina Head.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Claude Lefèbvre +  and Xavier Vekemans +
(Miller) Willdenow +
3-veined +  and 1-veined +
Statice maritima +
straight +
narrowed;linear;linear-spatulate +
glabrous +  and hairy +
persistent +
on ribs +  and hairy +
funnel--shaped +
Greenland +, Oreg. +  and Europe +
hairy +  and glabrous +
Maritime rocks, cliffs +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
hemispheric +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
glabrous +  and hairy +
distinct +
membranaceous +
lobed +  and entire +
swollen +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
white;deep purple +
reduced +
Flowering late spring–early summer. +
taprooted +, acaulescent +  and scapose +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
persistent +
0.33-0.75 times diam of flower head +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
acaulescent +
erect;prostrate +
papillate +
Armeria maritima subsp. maritima +
Armeria maritima +
subspecies +
triangular;shallowly triangular +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
rhizomatous +  and taprooted +
annual +, perennial +  and , +
shrub +  and herb +