Common Name: LEADWORT FAMILY Habit: Annual to shrub [vine]. Leaf: simple, generally in basal rosette (cauline), entire or lobed. Inflorescence: raceme, cyme, or panicle (head-like in Armeria), generally scapose. Flower: bisexual, radial, generally small; calyx tubular, generally membranous or partly scarious, lobes 5, persistent; petals 5, +- free to +- fused, clawed, +- intertwined; stamens 5, opposite petals, occasionally epipetalous; ovary superior, generally 5-lobed or -ribbed, chamber and ovule 1, styles 5, occasionally fused. Fruit: utricle, achene, or capsule, +- enclosed in calyx. Genera In Family: 27 genera, +- 1000 species: +- worldwide, especially Mediterranean, western and central Asia. Note: Some cultivated as ornamental (Limonium used as dried flower). eFlora Treatment Author: Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock Scientific Editor: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
NATIVE Leaf: 6--12 cm, 1--2.5 mm wide, flat, glabrous. Inflorescence: < 2 cm wide; peduncle < 60 cm. Flower: calyx < corolla, both generally pink; calyx tube +- hairy on ribs, lobe tips short, sharp. Ecology: Ocean bluffs, ridges, coastal strand, sand, exposed grassland; Elevation: < 245 m. Bioregional Distribution: NCo, CCo, n ChI; Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia. Flowering Time: Feb--Sep Note: Other subspecies in boreal North America, northwestern Europe. Synonyms: Armeria maritima var. californica (Boiss.) G.H.M. Lawr. Jepson eFlora Author: Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock Reference: Fuertes Aguilar & Nieto Feliner 2003 Molec Phylogen Evol 28:430--447 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Armeria Next taxon: Limonium
Botanical illustration including Armeria maritima subsp. californica
Citation for this treatment: Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock 2012, Armeria maritima subsp. californica, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=49279, accessed on April 16, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 16, 2024.
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