It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe. It has been 
found on rocks near Ajaccio in Corsica, from whence | have 
wild specimens ; Link and Brotero found it in Portugal on the 
banks of the Sadao, near Setubal, and Mr. Barker Webb on 
the sandy coast near the little town of Ericeira; the latter 
Botanist also gathered it at the Straits of Gibraltar and 
near Cadiz. 
DeCandolle gives the following account of it in his Flora 
Francaise. It resembles Armeria vulgaris, but its root is very 
thick, absolutely woody, brown, striking deep, and almost 
simple. From its collar rise three or four stems which become 
about four inches high, and which are entirely covered with 
straight, linear, firm leaves, a little channelled and entirely 
smooth, as well as the peduncles. The latter spring from 
among the leaves near the top of the stem, and bear a head of 
flowers similar to those of the common Thrift. 
In the gardens the plant is much larger than in a wild 
state. It most nearly approaches A. maderensis, which how- 
ever does not seem to be caulescent, and has broader, flatter 
and taper-pointed leaves. 
