Armeria maritima subsp. maritima
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
Distribution
Greenland, Oreg., Europe
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.
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hypogynous +
included +
straight +
narrowed;linear;linear-spatulate +
herbaceous +
absent +
scarious +
involucral +
absent +
water +
10-ribbed +
persistent +
funnel--shaped +
absent +
pink;white +
absent +
straight +
absent +
adnate +
monomorphic +
symmetric +
dimorphic +
bisexual +
dehiscing +
capitate +
simple +
dense +
hemispheric +
apical +
0.5mm;3mm +
sessile +
alternate +
basal +
simple +
distinct +
lobed +
membranaceous +
swollen +
much shorter +
basal +
superior +
anatropous +
absent +
hypogynous +
white;deep purple +
connate +
connate +
showy +
reduced +
absent +
perennial +
reticulate +
dimorphic +
Enum. Pl. +
1809 +
branched +
erect +
woody +
erect +
hairy +
rugose +
persistent +
leafless +
involucral +
0.33-0.75 times diam of flower head +
tubular +
Illustrated +
acaulescent +
erect;prostrate +
reticulate +
papillate +
lobed +
absent +
woody +
multicelled +
glandlike +
free +
hairy +
Armeria maritima subsp. maritima +
Armeria maritima +
subspecies +
triangular;shallowly triangular +