Armeria maritima
Armeria maritima subsp. maritima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Plumbaginaceae Genus: Armeria Species: A. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its Caryophyllales is an order of Flowering plants that includes the cacti, carnations Amaranths Ice plants and most Plumbaginaceae is a family of Flowering plants, with a Cosmopolitan distribution. Armeria is the Botanical name for a Genus of Flowering plants. maritima
Binomial name
Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd.

Armeria maritima is the botanical name for a species of flowering plant. Philip Miller ( 1691 - 18 December 1771) was a botanist of Scottish descent Carl Ludwig Willdenow ( 22 August 1765 - 10 July 1812) was a German Botanist, Pharmacist, and plant taxonomist A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN and if the plant is a Cultigen, the In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group

It is a popular garden flower, known by several common names, including "thrift", "sea thrift", and "sea pink". The plant has been distributed worldwide as a garden and cut flower. It does well in gardens designed as xeriscapes or rock gardens. Xeriscaping refers to landscaping in ways that do not require supplemental Irrigation. A rock garden, also known as a rockery or an alpine garden, is a type of Garden that features extensive use of rocks or stones along

It is a compact perennial which grows in low clumps and sends up long stems from which globes of bright pink flowers blossom. A perennial plant or perennial ( Latin per, "through" annus, "year" is a Plant that lives for more than In some cases purple, white or red flowers also occur.

The plant can be found in the wild in coastal areas across the Northern Hemisphere, especially in Europe. It is a common sight in British marshes. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands It can grow in dry, sandy, saline conditions such as those at beaches and salt marshes. A salt marsh is a type of Marsh that is a transitional intertidal between land and salty or Brackish water (e

Armeria maritima has a great copper-tolerance, and is able to grow in soils with copper concentrations of up to 6400 mg/kg. Copper (ˈkɒpɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol Cu (cuprum and Atomic number 29 Soil, often typeset as SOiL, is a four piece rock band from Chicago Illinois United States founded by Shaun Glass Tom Schofield Tim King and Adam Zadel One mechanism proposed is that not much copper is transported up the shoot of the plant, and is excreted from decaying leaves.

There are several subspecies.

A 1943 threepenny bit.

The British threepence coin issued between 1937 and 1952 had a design of thrift on the reverse. The threepence was a denomination of currency used by various jurisdictions in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, until Decimalisation

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