| Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Armeria californica (Boiss.) P.M.Sl. |
| Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
| Native Range | Vancouver Island to w. California |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-200m |
| Description | leaves short, linear, rigid, glabrous or hirsute, flat, obtuse, uninerved, scapes glabrous, floral heads spherical, bracts involucre ovate to triangular-lanceolate, long |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Armeria andina var. californica Boiss., Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 12: 682 (1848) Armeria arctica var. californica (Boiss.) S.F.Blake Armeria arctica ssp. californica (Boiss.) Abrams Armeria macloviana ssp. californica (Boiss.) Iversen Armeria maritima var. californica (Boiss.) G.H.M.Lawr. Armeria maritima ssp. californica (Boiss.) A.E.Porsild Statice arctica ssp. californica (Boiss.) A.E.Murray |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |