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* Latin Name: ''Armeria'' ''maritima''
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* Scientific Name: ''Armeria'' ''maritima''
 
* Family: Plumbaginaceae
 
* Family: Plumbaginaceae
 
* Common Names: sea-pink, thrift
 
* Common Names: sea-pink, thrift
 
* Codon: ARMMAR
 
* Codon: ARMMAR
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== Taxonomy ==
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[[File:ARMMAR1.jpg |thumb|Photo by Ben Legler, 2004. Also featured on Main Page]]
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=== Taxonomy ===
 
{{Taxobox
 
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| image_caption = Photo by Ben Legler, 2004. Also featured on Main Page
 
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| name = '''''Armeria maritima'''''
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
 
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<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=21326</ref>
 
<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=21326</ref>
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===Description===
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Scapose perennial herb with basal tufts of linear leaves and terminal, capitate inflorescences composed of pink flowers.<ref name=":0" /> Scape glabrous or hairy.<ref>Flora of North America. Retrieved
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from http://dev.floranorthamerica.org/Armeria_maritima</ref> Flowers 5-merous, subsessile; calyx funnelform, thin; corolla connate at base, petals clawed; stamens 5, often epipetalous; pistil 5-carpellate with 5 styles,<ref name=":1">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D.,
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illustrated manual''. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 322.</ref> ovary becoming an achene-like fruit.<ref name=":0" />
  
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==Description==
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===Bloom Period===
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This plant forms dense tussocks of grayish-green, linear leaves and pubescent flower stems. Up to 12 in. tall, the flower stems terminate in a small, round head of pink to lavender flowers. A low plant with a basal cluster of many narrow leaves and, atop a slender, leafless stalk, a globe of pale lilac flowers, beneath which are several broad, purplish, papery bracts. Tussocks of dried leaves are persistent.
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It resembles a small onion, but the two families are only related in that they are flowering plants.<ref>''Native Plants of North America''. Retrieved from https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=arma6</ref>
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==Bloom Period==
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March - July<ref name=":0">WTU
 
March - July<ref name=":0">WTU
 
Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Armeria%20maritima</ref>
 
Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Armeria%20maritima</ref>
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==Distribution==
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===Distribution===
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Alaska to California, across Canada. Also Greenland and Europe.<ref name=":0" />
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Alaska to California, across Canada. Also Greenland and Europe. West of the Cascade crest in Washington.<ref name=":0" />
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Ecological Setting-Gravelly tundra, along beaches and coastal bluffs, occasionally inland.
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Beaches, coastal bluffs and prairies.<ref name=":1" />
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Soil Texture-Medium to coarse, moist to dry, well drained soils
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Soil Reaction / Salinity-4.7-7.5 pH – low salinity tolerance
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Moisture Regime Medium moisture use – low drought tolerance
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Shade Tolerance No tolerance
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Successional Status-Early
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==Uses==
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Wildlife-Attracts bees, low palatability for browsing and grazing animals like deer. The flowers attract painted lady butterflies. The mat-like vegetation provides shelter for many invertebrates such as the slug-eating ground beetle.
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Wildlife - Attracts bees, low palatability for browsing and grazing animals like deer. The flowers attract painted lady butterflies. The mat-like vegetation provides shelter for many invertebrates such as the slug-eating ground beetle.
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Landscaping-Commercially available
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First Nations-n/a
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Other-High C:N ratio
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==Propagation==
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===Propagation===
  
 
Fruit and Seed Collection-Collect A. maritima v. californica when seeds are tan and the papery husk has no green coloration.  Flick off the seed with the husk attached.   
 
Fruit and Seed Collection-Collect A. maritima v. californica when seeds are tan and the papery husk has no green coloration.  Flick off the seed with the husk attached.   
 
Seed Storage-Due to lack of information on temperature and humidity requirements on A. maritima v. californica as well as information on yearly loss of viability, the A. maritima v. californica is kept at a standard storage of 40f and 40% humidity.
 
Seed Storage-Due to lack of information on temperature and humidity requirements on A. maritima v. californica as well as information on yearly loss of viability, the A. maritima v. californica is kept at a standard storage of 40f and 40% humidity.
 
Fruit/Seed Dormancy and Treatment-Seeds do not need pre-treatment
 
Fruit/Seed Dormancy and Treatment-Seeds do not need pre-treatment
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[https://npn.rngr.net/npn/propagation/protocols/plumbaginaceae-armeria-553/?searchterm=Armeria%C2%A0maritima Native Plant Network Propagation Protocol]
  
  
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==Photo Gallery==
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File:ARMMAR2.jpg|Photo by Ben Legler, 2004
 
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Latest revision as of 18:42, 24 June 2021

  • Scientific Name: Armeria maritima
  • Family: Plumbaginaceae
  • Common Names: sea-pink, thrift
  • Codon: ARMMAR
Photo by Ben Legler, 2004. Also featured on Main Page

Taxonomy

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Spermatophytina
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllanae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Genus: Armeria Willd.
Species: Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd.

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Description

Scapose perennial herb with basal tufts of linear leaves and terminal, capitate inflorescences composed of pink flowers.[2] Scape glabrous or hairy.[3] Flowers 5-merous, subsessile; calyx funnelform, thin; corolla connate at base, petals clawed; stamens 5, often epipetalous; pistil 5-carpellate with 5 styles,[4] ovary becoming an achene-like fruit.[2]

Bloom Period

March - July[2]

Distribution

Alaska to California, across Canada. Also Greenland and Europe. West of the Cascade crest in Washington.[2]

Habitat

Beaches, coastal bluffs and prairies.[4]

Uses

Wildlife - Attracts bees, low palatability for browsing and grazing animals like deer. The flowers attract painted lady butterflies. The mat-like vegetation provides shelter for many invertebrates such as the slug-eating ground beetle.

Propagation

Fruit and Seed Collection-Collect A. maritima v. californica when seeds are tan and the papery husk has no green coloration. Flick off the seed with the husk attached. Seed Storage-Due to lack of information on temperature and humidity requirements on A. maritima v. californica as well as information on yearly loss of viability, the A. maritima v. californica is kept at a standard storage of 40f and 40% humidity. Fruit/Seed Dormancy and Treatment-Seeds do not need pre-treatment

Native Plant Network Propagation Protocol


Seed

Seed sample from: 2011

Average Measurement: 4.9 x 1.2 x 1.2
Armeria maritima fruit and remnant flower
Photo Credit Lisa Hintz

Measurement Range: L: 4.3 – 5.5, W: 1 – 1.5, D: 1.1 – 1.4

Features

Shape: Seeds narrow at hilum, widening at opposite apex to form a tube shaped opening with five ribs flaring out from the end of the seed. Inside tube structure is five lobed star shaped structure.

Color: Ribs brown, connected with a white transparent membrane. Star shaped structure is tan.

Surface: Seed is longitudinally ribbed, and has a slight sheen.

Armeria maritima fruit and remnant flower
Photo Credit Lisa Hintz
Latitudinal Cross Section: elliptical ARMA lat.png

Longitudinal Cross Section: obovate ARMA long.png

Basic Explanations and Assumptions:

The dimensions for the seeds are length x width x depth. The location of the hilum is used as the base of the seed, and the length is measured from hilum to the opposite apex. Where a style is present, the length is measured from the hilum to the bottom of the style. Width is measured at a right angle to the length at the widest part. Depth is measured at a right angle to the intersection of height and width lines.

Measurements included are the mean average for each measurement of ten separate seeds.

All measurements in millimeters unless otherwise noted.

Photo Gallery

  • Photo by Ben Legler, 2004

References

  1. ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=21326
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Armeria%20maritima
  3. ↑ Flora of North America. Retrieved from http://dev.floranorthamerica.org/Armeria_maritima
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 322.
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