Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Caryophyllales (124)
Family: Plumbaginaceae (12)(family description)
Genus: Armeria (3)
Epithet: maritima (Mill.) Willd. (9)
maritima => growing on the seashore, confined to the coast