Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Caryophyllanae > Order Caryophyllales > Family Plumbaginaceae > Genus Armeria

Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Armeria*	Willd.	accepted genus name
*Statice*	L.	homotypic synonym

Species group names

*Statice maritima*	Mill.	basionym
*Statice armeria*	L.	synonym
*Statice vulgaris*	Sweet	synonym
*Statice vulgaris*	Hill	synonym
*Armeria elongata*	auct.	misapplied name
*Statice elongata*	auct.	misapplied name

Children

Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd. subsp. maritima
Armeria maritima subsp. azorica Franco
Armeria maritima subsp. barcensis (Simonk.) P. Silva
Armeria maritima subsp. elongata (Hoffm.) Bonnier
Armeria maritima subsp. fontqueri
Armeria maritima subsp. intermedia (T. Marsson) Buttler
Armeria maritima subsp. miscella (Merino) Malag.
Armeria maritima subsp. muelleri (A. Huet) O. Bolòs & Vigo
Armeria maritima subsp. planifolia (Syme) Löve & Löve
Armeria maritima subsp. purpurea (W. D. J. Koch) Á. Löve & D. Löve
Armeria maritima subsp. sibirica (Boiss.) Nyman

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: Armeria bregdetare sources: Demiri, M. 1981: Flora Ekskursioniste E Shqiperise

Aragonese: mermasangre; té sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Basque: itsas krabelin; itsas krabelina sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Catalan: gasó sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Croatian: primorska svilica sources: Nikolić, T. 2000: Flora Croatica. Index florae Croaticae, 1. – Natura Croatica 3, Suppl. 1

Finnish: rusolaukkaneilikka sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

French: Arméria maritime; Armérie maritime; Gazon d'Espagne; Gazon d'Olympe; Herbe à sept têtes; Jonc marin; Oeillet marin sources: 2006: Tela Botanica, Le réseau de la botanique francophone – http://www.tela-botanica.org/

Galician: caravel mariño; carqueixa mariña; cravo mariño; herba de namorar; herba de raposo; herba empreñadeira; herba empreñadoira; herba namoradeira; herba namoreira sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

German: Gewöhnliche Grasnelke sources: Rothmaler, W. (ed. Jäger, E. J.) 2011: Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Gefäßpflanzen: Grundband, ed. 20. – Heidelberg: Spektrum

Polish: Zawciąg pospolity sources: Mirek, Z. 1995: Vascular plants of Poland. A Checklist.

Portuguese: cravo romano; estancadeira; relva-de-espanha; relva-do-olimpo sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Russian: jūrmalas armērija; армерия приморская sources: Laasimer, L., Kuusk, V., Tabaka, L. & Lekavičius, A. (ed.) 1993: Flora of the Baltic countries. Flora Baltijskich Respublik 1. – Tartu: Estonian Academy of Sciences

Scottish Gaelic: Rabhán sources: Parnell, J. & Curtis, T. 2012: Webbs' An Irish Flora. – Cork, Ireland

Slovak: trávnička prímorská sources: Marhold, K. & Hindák, F. 1998: Zoznam nižších a vyšších rastlín Slovenska. – Bratislava

Spanish, Castillian: armeria; césped; césped francés; clavel de playas; dengue; denguecillos; erizo de la sierra; estatice-erizo; gazón sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Swedish: trift

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
nomenclatural reference	Enum. Pl.: 333. 1809

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

Domina, G. 2011+: Plumbaginaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2d52aa61-db1c-4bc9-84ca-faed6fdc1339

WoRMS (2025). Armeria maritima (Miller) Willdenow, 1809. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182769