| Armeria | |
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| by Sturm (1796) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
| Genus: | Armeria Willd. |
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Armeria is agenus offlowering plants. These plants are sometimes known aslady's cushion,thrift, orsea pink (the latter because as they are often found on coastlines). The genus counts over a hundredspecies, mostly native to theMediterranean, althoughArmeria maritima is an exception, being distributed along the coasts of the Northern Hemisphere, including Ireland, parts of the United Kingdom such as Cornwall, and thePembrokeshire Coast National Park in Wales.[1]
Some are popular withgardeners asrockery plants.
During the Second World War, the UKthruppenny bit coin (3 old pence), which had featured aportcullis on its reverse side, changed to a depiction of the thrift plant, as a means of reminding the population of the need to avoid waste and practise thrift. After the war, it reverted to the portcullis.
Armitage, James (2013), "Longshore thrift",The Garden,138 (4),Royal Horticultural Society:47–50
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