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Plumbaginaceae

Thrift seapink

Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd.

Family
Plumbaginaceae
Genus
Armeria

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Thrift seapink (Armeria maritima)
FlowerPhoto: LeeAnn Latremouille, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (36)
Arabic
عود أحمر, العود الأحمر
Basque
Itsas krabelin
Belarusian
Барадульнік, Жудрэц
Catalan
Gasó alpí
Chinese
海石竹
Croatian
Primorska babosvilka
Czech
Trávnička přímořská
Danish
Almindelig Engelskgræs, Engelskgræs
Dutch
Engels gras
English
Thrift seapink, Madeira sea pink, Thrift, Armeria, Marsh daisy, Sea cushion, Sea pink, Sea thrift
Estonian
Roosa merikann
Finnish
Rusolaukkaneilikka, Laukkaneilikka
French
Armérie maritime, Gazon dolympe, Armerie maritime, Gazon d'Olympe, Œillet marin
frr
Hongerkral
Galician
Herba de namorar, Herba empreñadeira
German
Strand-Grasnelke, Gemeine Grasnelke, Gewöhnliche Grasnelke, Sand-Grasnelke
hsb
Wšědna dychnička, Suchi nalik
Hungarian
Magas istác
Icelandic
Geldingahnappur
Igbo
Marsh daisy, Sea cushion, Sea pink, Sea thrift
Irish
Rabhán, Caoróg mhara, Nóinín cladaigh, Rabhán mara
Japanese
ハマカンザシ, アルメリア
Korean
아르메리아
kw
Bryton, Brytonen, Tamm on
Lithuanian
Pajūrinė gvaizdė
Norwegian Bokmål
Strandnellik, Fjærekoll, Fjærekollen, Fjærkollen, Fjørekoll
Norwegian Nynorsk
Fjørekoll, Strandnellik
Persian
آرمریا ماریتیما
Polish
Zawciąg pospolity
Russian
Армерия приморская, Армерия морская
Slovak
Trávnička prímorská
Slovenian
Obmorski pečnik
Spanish
Clavelina de mar, Cesped frances, Cesped francés, Clavel de playas, Césped francés, Estatice-erizo
Swedish
Trift, Backtrift, Fjälltrift, Gräsnejlika, Islandstrift, Mellantrift, Strandtrift
Ukrainian
Армерія покутська
Welsh
Clustog Fair

Synonyms

  • Androsace macloviana Cham.
  • Armeria armeria (L.) H.Karst.
  • Armeria campestris var. linkii Wallr.
  • Armeria elongata var. maritima (Mill.) Skottsb.
  • Armeria intermedia Link ex Boiss.
  • Armeria maritima subsp. anglica Wallr.
  • Armeria maritima subsp. belgica Wallr.
  • Armeria maritima subsp. eifeliaca (Petri) Lefebvre
  • Armeria maritima subsp. elegans (Bernis) Malag.
  • Armeria maritima subsp. gallica Wallr.
  • Armeria maritima subsp. germanica Wallr.
  • Armeria maritima subsp. itala Wallr.
  • Armeria maritima subvar. elegans Bernis
  • Armeria maritima var. alpinifolia (Pau & Font Quer) G.H.M.Lawr.
  • Armeria maritima var. ambifaria (Focke) G.H.M.Lawr.
  • Armeria maritima var. duriuscula (Bab.) Bab.
  • Armeria maritima var. hortensis Wallr.
  • Armeria maritima var. linkii Gren & Godr.
  • Armeria maritima var. maria G.H.M.Lawr.
  • Armeria maritima var. planifolia (Syme) Bab.
  • Armeria maritima var. pubigera (Boiss.) Bab.
  • Armeria maritima var. scotica (Boiss.) Bab.
  • Armeria maritima var. scotica (Boiss.) P.D.Sell
  • Armeria maritima var. sylvestris Wallr.
  • Armeria planifolia Nyman
  • Armeria pubescens B.Heyne ex Steud.
  • Armeria pubigera var. scotica Boiss.
  • Armeria vulgaris f. ambifaria (Focke) W.F.Christ.
  • Armeria vulgaris f. longiscapa F.Petri
  • Armeria vulgaris f. purpurea T.Marsson
  • Armeria vulgaris subsp. intermedia (T.Marsson) Nordh.
  • Armeria vulgaris subsp. maritima (Mill.) F.Petri
  • Armeria vulgaris var. alba L.H.Bailey
  • Armeria vulgaris var. calaminaria F.Petri
  • Armeria vulgaris var. eifeliaca F.Petri
  • Armeria vulgaris var. glabra T.Marsson
  • Armeria vulgaris var. grandiflora L.H.Bailey
  • Armeria vulgaris var. longiinvolucrata F.Petri
  • Armeria vulgaris var. maritima (Mill.) T.Marsson
  • Armeria vulgaris var. maritima Rosenv.

and 24 more.

Flowers

In flower
April to September (from 2,592 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour
purple (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.