Armeria pungens
| Armeria pungens | |
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| Plants of Armeria pungens in Sardinia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
| Genus: | Armeria |
| Species: | A. pungens |
| Binomial name | |
| Armeria pungens (Link) Hoffmanns. & Link | |
Armeria pungens, common name spiny thrift, is a rare plant of the genus Armeria belonging to the Plumbaginaceae family.
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.
Distribution
This plant is endemic to Italy (Sardinia), France (Corsica), Portugal and Spain.
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.
Synonyms
- Armeria fasciculata var. intermedia Daveau
- Armeria fasciculata var. pungens (Link) Arcang.
- Armeria fasciculata (Vent.) Willd.
- Armeria maritima subsp. pungens (Link) Bernis
- Reverchonia fasciculata (Vent.) Gand.
- Reverchonia pungens (Link) Gand.
- Statice fasciculata var. pungens (Link) Samp.
- Statice fasciculata Vent.
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References
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- Pignatti S. 1982 - Flora d'Italia. Bologna – Vol. II, pag, 301
- Piñeiro R, Fuertes Aguilar J, Munt DD, Nieto Feliner G. - Atlantic-Mediterranean disjunction in the sand-dune shrub Armeria pungens (Plumbaginaceae) - Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, CSIC
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