Wildflowers: Red or pink flower cluster

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  1. Dickie Byrd

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    In June 2008 I was traveling down the coast of Oregon. At Cape Sebastian I took a lot of wild flower pictures. I have 3 I need identified, I can not find them in my books.

    This one I only took a picture of the flowers. I failed to get one of the plant. It is a cluster of pink, (or red), flowers on the end of a single stem.
     

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    Silver surfer Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    Thank you Silver Surfer. I get the feeling you knew what to go searching for. I was at a complete loss on this one. I did a Google Image search and found 2 pictures that confirm, (in my mind anyway), that my flower is the Armeria sp. Props Armeria maritima. One site called it a "Sea Pink" and stated it was a Thrift.

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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Thrift is the correct name; "sea pink" is an old erroneous name dating from before the time that it was shown to be unrelated to the pinks (Dianthus).
     
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    Thank you Michael. I'll drop the "Sea Pink" out of my discription.

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