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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{About|the plant|the ship|USLHT Armeria|the Mexican municipality|Armería}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Armeria sp Sturm57.jpg
|image_caption = by Sturm (1796)
|taxon = Armeria
|authority = [[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Armeria''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s.  These plants are sometimes known as "lady's cushion", "thrift", or "sea pink" (the latter because as they are often found on coastlines).  The genus counts over a hundred [[species]], mostly native to the [[Mediterranean]], although ''[[Armeria maritima]]'' is an exception, being distributed along the coasts of the Northern Hemisphere, including Ireland, parts of the United Kingdom such as Cornwall, and the [[Pembrokeshire Coast National Park]] in Wales.{{sfn|Armitage|2013}}
Some are popular with [[gardeners]] as [[Rock garden|rockery]] plants.
; Some species and subspecies
*''[[Armeria alliacea]] ''
*''[[Armeria alpina]] ''
*''[[Armeria arenaria]] ''
*''[[Armeria berlengensis]]''
*''[[Armeria caespitosa]] ''
*''[[Armeria cariensis]]''
*''[[Armeria duriaei]]''
*''[[Armeria gaditana]]''
*''[[Armeria girardii]]''
*''[[Armeria juniperifolia]]''
*''[[Armeria leucocephala]]''
*''[[Armeria maritima]]'' ('''sea thrift''', '''sea cushion''', '''sea pink''')
**''A. maritima'' subsp. ''andina''
**''A. maritima'' subsp. ''californica''
**''A. maritima'' subsp. ''elongata''
**''A. maritima'' subsp. ''maritima''
**''A. maritima'' subsp. ''sibirica''
*''[[Armeria nebrodensis]]''
*''[[Armeria pinifolia]]  ''
*''[[Armeria pseudarmeria]] ''
*''[[Armeria pubigera]]''
*''[[Armeria pungens]] ''
*''[[Armeria rumelica]] ''
*''[[Armeria sardoa]] ''
*''[[Armeria splendens]] ''
*''[[Armeria undulata]] ''
*''[[Armeria villosa]] ''
**''Armeria villosa'' subsp. ''longearistata ''
**''Armeria villosa'' subsp. ''villosa ''
*''[[Armeria welwitschii]]''
==References==
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== Bibliography ==
{{Citation|last1=Armitage|first1=James|year=2013|title=Longshore thrift|journal=[[The Garden (journal)|The Garden]]|volume=138|issue=4|pages=47–50 |publisher=[[Royal Horticultural Society]]}}
* {{Commons category-inline|Armeria}}
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[[Category:Plumbaginaceae genera]]