Thrift Seapink

Pescadero, California, United States

Plevenon, Brittany, France

Selva di Val Gardena, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

The last of the sea thrift flowers were still in bloom on bluffs near the north coast of Mull. Sept. 10th 2011, image I11-0400.

Frise, Netherlands

Tierra del Fuego Antartida e Islas Del Atlantico Sur, Argentina

Frise, Netherlands

Nordur-Isafjardarsysla, Iceland

Selva di Val Gardena, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Plevenon, Brittany, France

Tierra del Fuego Antartida e Islas Del Atlantico Sur, Argentina

Nordur-Isafjardarsysla, Iceland

Inflorescence: head-like, on unbranched, scapose peduncle; involucre sheathing, recurved; bracts subtending individual flowers.

Inflorescence: head-like, on unbranched, scapose peduncle; involucre sheathing, recurved; bracts subtending individual flowers.Flower: calyx 10-ribbed; styles fused at base, hairy. calyx tubular, generally membranous or partly scarious, lobes 5, persistent; petals 5, +- free to +- fused, clawed, +- intertwined; stamens 5, opposite petals, occasionally epipetalous; ovary superior, generally 5-lobed or -ribbed, chamber and ovule 1, styles 5,

calyx 10-ribbed; calyx tubular, generally membranous or partly scarious, lobes 5, persistent;

Seedling