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(Upload on December 29 2016. Last on August 5 2021) [ 日本語 | English ]

Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Armeria Willd., lady's cushion, in Japan


A. alliacea (Cav.) Hoffmanns. et Link (オオハマカンザシ)
A. juniperifolia (Vahl) Hoffmanns. et Link (ヒメカンザシ)
A. pseudarmeria (Murray) Mansfeld (syn. A. latifolia Hort., cv. ballerina)
A. maritima (Mill.) Willd. (ハマカンザシ)
Gardening
A. montana (Willd.) Hoffmanns. et Link, syn. A. alpina (DC.) Boiss., Pyrenees, Alps and Apennines
A. pseudarmeria (Murray) Mansfeld, syn. A. plantaginea Willd., Portugal
Taxonomic key
A. caespitosa (ヒメカンザシ)
Height: short, with 5–15 cm
Leaf: dense, glossy, forming a compact mat
Flower stalk: short, spreading horizontally
Flower: commonly pink
Use: rock gardens
A. alliacea (オオハマカンザシ)
Height: tall, ≈ 30–75 cm
Leaf: broad and lance-shaped
Flower stalk: long, upright
Flower: whitish or pink
Use: various gardening
A. maritima (ハマカンザシ)
Height: medium, ≈ 10–30 cm
Leaf: thin and linear
Flower stalk: upright with spherical clusters
Flower: pink, white and red varieties

Armeria maritima transplanted in Hokkaido


Hamakanzashi (ハマカンザシ, 浜簪), thrift seapink (USDA), sea thrift or sea pink
Lifeform: evergreen, perennial forb < 30 cm tall
Distribution: Europe, North America, Kuril and Chile
Habitat: beaches and salt marshes
Chromosome number: 2n = 18
Use: gardening
Syonnyms:

Armeria vulgaris Willd., often used
ssp. arctica (Cham.) Hulten (チシマハマカンザシ), when established

ssp. californica (Boiss.) A. E. Porsild
ssp. elongata (Hoffm.) Bonnier
ssp. interior (Raup) C. Lefebvre et X. Vekemans
ssp. maritima
ssp. sibirica (Turcz. ex Boiss.) Nyman
Cultivars, e.g., dwarf splendens
索引

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[1-3] under a street tree near North 24th Subway Station, Sapporo, on June 23 2016. [4-6] beside a small cropland in front of Kuroneko Delivery Service at Teshio Town, northern Hokkaido, on October 24 2019. [7-9] in the Wakaba Park, N16/W4, North Ward, Sapporo, on Junee 12 2021.

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