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| Armeria maritima ssp. interior (Raup) Porsild | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | ||||||||||
| Family: | Plumbaginaceae | |||||||||
| Genus: | Armeria | |||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | none | |||||||||
| Common Names: | interior seapink inland sea-thrift |
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| DISTRIBUTION | ||||||||||
| Canada: | northwestern Saskatchewan | |||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | northwestern Saskatchewan; Lake Athabasca | |||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Athabasca Plain | |||||||||
| HABITAT | ||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | barren gravel ridges in sand dunes | |||||||||
| Associated Species: | Artemisia campestris, Silene acaulis | |||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Threatened |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5T1T2 N5T1T2 S1S2 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | Threatened |
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| Armeria maritima ssp. interior is threatened in Saskatchewan because it is rare and highly regionally restricted. This subspecies is known only from the Lake Athabasca region and is almost always locally sparse. No immediate threats are known for this species. | ||||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | ||||||||||
| Height: | 2 – 60 cm | |||||||||
| Roots: | erect | |||||||||
| Stems: | scapose, erect, glabrous or hairy | |||||||||
| Leaves: | 1 – 5 cm long, 2 – 3 mm wide, glabrous, 1 – 3-veined | |||||||||
| Inflorescence: | involucral sheath 5 – 30 mm long; outer involucral bracts 4 – 14 mm long, more than half as long as inner ones, ovate to triangular; heads 1 – 3 cm wide | |||||||||
| Flowers: | monomorphic (all stigmas papillate, pollen reticulate) or dimorphic (papillate stigmas, finely reticulate pollen and smooth stigmas, coarsely reticulate pollen); calyx glabrous, teeth triangular, awned or not; corolla exceeding calyx or reduced, pink to white | |||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule circumscissile at or below middle, 3 – 4 mm long; seeds 2, reddish-tan | |||||||||
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