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Sea Rose
Armeria pungens
Armeria pungens, common name spiny thrift, is a rare plant of the genus Armeria belonging to the Plumbaginaceae family.
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Description
Armeria pungens grows in small shrubs, reaching heights of about 80 centimetres (31 in). The stems are lignified at the base, robust, highly branched. Leaves are glabrous, linear to lanceolate, pointed, about 60–150 millimetres (2.4–5.9 in) long and about 1–3.5 millimetres (0.039–0.138 in) wide. Flower heads are pale pink, gathered in globose inflorescences at the top of long pedicels. Flowering period extends from May through July.
Range & habitat
This small shrub grows in coastal sand-dunes and beaches, at an elevation of about 0–1 metre (0.0–3.3 ft) above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 342019.