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1. Armeria maritima (Miller) Willdenow, Enum. Pl. 1: 333. 1809.
Statice maritima Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Statice no. 3. 1768
Rootstock erect. Leaf blades 1-15 cm × 0.5-3 mm, base 1- or ± 3-veined, faces glabrous or hairy. Scapes erect, 2-60 cm, glabrous or hairy. Inflorescences: invo-lucral sheath 5-32 mm; outermost involucral bract ovate to triangular-lanceolate, 4-14 mm, shorter than, equaling, or exceeding head, mucronate or not; heads 13-28 mm diam. Flowers monomorphic, with all stigmas papillate and pollen reticulate, or dimorphic, with papillate stigmas and finely reticulate pollen or smooth stigmas and coarsely reticulate pollen; calyx tube hairy on and between ribs (holotrichous), on ribs only (pleurotrichous), or glabrous (atrichous); teeth triangular to shallowly triangular, awned or not; corolla pink to white; petals showy and exceeding calyx or reduced and included in calyx. 2n = 18.
Subspecies 10 (4 in the flora): North America, Eurasia.
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Flowers dimorphic, papillate stigmas associated with finely reticulate pollen and smooth stigmas associated with coarsely reticulate pollen |
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1a subsp. maritima |
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Flowers monomorphic, stigmas all papillate with coarsely reticulate pollen |
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Inflorescence sheath lengths usually 0.75 times diam. of flower heads; outer involucral bracts almost equaling or exceeding flower head; scapes glabrous; calyces hairy on ribs |
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1b subsp. californica |
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Inflorescence sheath lengths usually 0.5-0.75 times diam. of flower heads; outer involucral bracts 0.5-0.75 times flower head; scapes glabrous or hairy; calyces hairy throughout, on ribs only, or glabrous |
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| 3 (2) |
Calyces hairy throughout or on ribs only; scapes glabrous or hairy; leaf blades hairy or glabrous |
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1c Armeria maritima subsp. sibirica |
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Calyces glabrous; scapes glabrous; leaf blades glabrous |
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1d Armeria maritima subsp. interior |
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