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Armeria maritima

Flowering Plants

Armeria maritima, known as thrift, sea thrift or sea pink, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. It is a compact evergreen perennial that grows in low clumps and sends up long stems topped with globes of bright pink flowers, occasionally purple, white or red, and it has been distributed worldwide as a popular garden and cut flower, well suited to xeriscape and rock gardens. Its Latin specific epithet, maritima, means pertaining to the sea or coastal. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 2
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 3
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Scientific Name
Armeria maritima 5
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 6
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Magnoliopsida, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Armeria maritima

In Biome

Salt Marsh, Biomes
Source Armeria maritima (Wikipedia)
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Found In

Austria

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Belarus

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Belgium

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Colombia

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Denmark

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Finland

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France

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Germany

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Hungary

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Iceland

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Ireland

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Italy

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Mongolia

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Netherlands

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North America

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Norway

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Poland

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Portugal

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Romania

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Spain

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Sweden

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Switzerland

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Taiwan

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Turkey

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Ukraine

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Sources
1. Armeria maritima (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Armeria maritima, the thrift, sea thrift or sea pink, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae.
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 363400
    Armeria maritima, the thrift, sea thrift or sea pink, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae.
  • In Biome: Salt Marsh, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 363400, target B287451
    It can grow in dry, sandy, saline conditions such as coastal cliffs, grassland and salt marshes, salted roadsides and inland on mountain rocks.
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2. Plants For A Future: Armeria maritima plant record
Plants For A FutureMedicinal Uses
Quote, Medicinal Uses
Sea thrift is rarely used in herbal medicine, though the dried flowering plant is antibiotic and has been used in the treatment of obesity, some nervous disorders and urinary infections[268].
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3. NatureServe Explorer: Armeria maritima
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Caryophyllales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12413
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12413
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Caryophyllales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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5. Wikipedia: Armeria maritima
WikipediaWikidata Q21036 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
6. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category): IUCN Red List category of Armeria maritima
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category)iucnRedListCategory record
Quote, iucnRedListCategory record
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Armeria maritima
Child Taxon Of: Magnoliopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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