Armeria berlengensis

Taxobox
name = "Armeria berlengensis"


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Plumbaginaceae
genus = "Armeria"
species = "A. berlengensis"
binomial = "Armeria berlengensis"
binomial_authority = Daveau

"Armeria berlengensis" is a flowering plant, a member of a mostly Mediterranean group including the thrifts and sea pinks. It is endemic to the Berlengas, a Portuguese archipelago, where it occurs on the rocky granitic slopes of the islands. It is common on both Berlenga Grande Island and Farilhões.

It is a shrub about 40 cm in diameter, which flowers in April and May. The flowers are small, pale pink, and grouped into inflorescences at the end of long pedicels.

References

*Castroviejo, S. et al., eds. "Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares." 1989.

* [http://redeciencia.educ.fc.ul.pt/berlenga/habitantes/flora.htm Flora da Berlenga]