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Maritima Collection

"Exploring the Coastal Beauty: Maritima in Europe" Discover the enchanting beauty of maritima, a diverse group of coastal plants found across Europe

Background imageMaritima Collection: Marsh Daisy (Armeria maritima), coast at Doolin, County Clare, Ireland, Europe

Marsh Daisy (Armeria maritima), coast at Doolin, County Clare, Ireland, Europe

Background imageMaritima Collection: Thrift, Armeria maritima

Thrift, Armeria maritima (Statice armeria). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Background imageMaritima Collection: Sea squill, Drimia maritima

Sea squill, Drimia maritima
5855124 Sea squill, Drimia maritima; (add.info.: Sea squill, Drimia maritima. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Background imageMaritima Collection: Sea kale, Crambe maritima

Sea kale, Crambe maritima
5855958 Sea kale, Crambe maritima; (add.info.: Sea kale, Crambe maritima. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm

Background imageMaritima Collection: European searocket, Cakile maritima Scop

European searocket, Cakile maritima Scop
5855957 European searocket, Cakile maritima Scop.; (add.info.: European searocket, Cakile maritima Scop. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora")

Background imageMaritima Collection: Media sand spurrey, Spergularia marginata, and red sand spurrey, Spergularia rubra Presl

Media sand spurrey, Spergularia marginata, and red sand spurrey, Spergularia rubra Presl
5856103 Media sand spurrey, Spergularia marginata, and red sand spurrey, Spergularia rubra Presl.; (add.info.: Media sand spurrey, Spergularia marginata, and red sand spurrey)

Background imageMaritima Collection: Sea thrift, Armeria vulgaris Willd

Sea thrift, Armeria vulgaris Willd
5855902 Sea thrift, Armeria vulgaris Willd.; (add.info.: Sea thrift, Armeria vulgaris Willd. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora)

Background imageMaritima Collection: Decorative botanical print with Virginia stock, poor man's orchid, wallcress and sea pink

Decorative botanical print with Virginia stock, poor man's orchid, wallcress and sea pink
5855531 Decorative botanical print with Virginia stock, poor man's orchid, wallcress and sea pink; (add.info.: Border plants including Virginia stock (Hesperis maritima)

Background imageMaritima Collection: Sea milkwort, Glaux maritima

Sea milkwort, Glaux maritima
5855897 Sea milkwort, Glaux maritima; (add.info.: Sea milkwort, Glaux maritima. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" (Pictures of Northern Flora), Stockholm

Background imageMaritima Collection: Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on saltmarsh at the south end of Achnahaird Bay

Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on saltmarsh at the south end of Achnahaird Bay, Coigach and Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland, UK, June 2011. 2020VISION Book Plate

Background imageMaritima Collection: Antique botany illustration: Sea Milkwort, Glaux maritima

Antique botany illustration: Sea Milkwort, Glaux maritima

Background imageMaritima Collection: DDE-90036172

DDE-90036172
Sea Pink (armeria Maritima) flowering, Orkney Islands, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 21/02/2010

Background imageMaritima Collection: DDE-90036163

DDE-90036163
The cliffs at Noup Head on Westray island, home to one of the largest sea bird colonies in the UK, Orkney islands, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 15/10/2009

Background imageMaritima Collection: DDE-90036162

DDE-90036162
The cliffs at Noup Head on Westray island, home to one of the largest sea bird colonies in the UK, Orkney islands, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 15/10/2009

Background imageMaritima Collection: DDE-90036161

DDE-90036161
The cliffs at Noup Head on Westray island, home to one of the largest sea bird colonies in the UK, Orkney islands, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 15/10/2009

Background imageMaritima Collection: DDE-90036149

DDE-90036149
The Cliffs of Marwick Head, Cushion of sea pink also called thrift or sea thrift (Armeria maritima), Orkney islands, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 15/10/2009

Background imageMaritima Collection: DDE-90036148

DDE-90036148
The Cliffs of Marwick Head, Cushion of sea pink also called thrift or sea thrift (Armeria maritima), Orkney islands, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 15/10/2009

Background imageMaritima Collection: DDE-90036146

DDE-90036146
The Cliffs of Marwick Head, Kitchener's Memorial, Kirkwall, Orkney islands, Scotland. (Large format sizes available) Date: 15/10/2009

Background imageMaritima Collection: Sea onion or sea squill, Drimia maritima

Sea onion or sea squill, Drimia maritima, and alpine squill, Scilla bifolia. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageMaritima Collection: Sea squill or maritime squill, Drimia maritima

Sea squill or maritime squill, Drimia maritima (Urginea scilla). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Background imageMaritima Collection: Vegetables, Plantes legumieres

Vegetables, Plantes legumieres. Kohlrabi, Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, Brussels sprouts, Brassica oleracea, sea kale, Crambe maritima, cauliflower and broccoli, Brassica oleracea botritys

Background imageMaritima Collection: Jujube and Virginia stock

Jujube and Virginia stock
Jujube or Chinese date, Ziziphus jujuba 1, and Virginia stock, Malcolmia maritima 2. Jujubier, Julienne. Handcoloured steel engraving by August Dumenil after an illustration by A

Background imageMaritima Collection: Squill, Drimia maritima

Squill, Drimia maritima (Urginea scilla). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageMaritima Collection: Sea squill, Drimia maritima

Sea squill, Drimia maritima (Scilla maritima). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imageMaritima Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 556

Curtis British Entomology Plate 556
Blattodea: Blatta lapponica = Ectobius lapponicus (Lapland Cockroach) [Plant: Mertensia maritima (Pulmonaria maritima, Sea Lung-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageMaritima Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 548

Curtis British Entomology Plate 548
Hemiptera: Acanthia pulchella = Halosalda pulchella (Beautiful Acanthia) [Plant: Glaux maritima (Black Salt-wort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageMaritima Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 310

Curtis British Entomology Plate 310
Coleoptera: Blemus micros = Tachys micros (Narrow Blemus) [Plant: Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima (Beta maritima, Sea Beet)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageMaritima Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 297

Curtis British Entomology Plate 297
Hemiptera. Chorosoma arundinis (Sea-reed Cimex) = Chorosoma schillingii (the original generic description) [Plant: Armeria maritima (Common Thrift)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageMaritima Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 287

Curtis British Entomology Plate 287
Coleoptera: Masoreus luxatus = Masoreus wetterhalli (Portland Carabus) [Plant: Silene uniflora (Silene maritima, Sea Catchfly)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageMaritima Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 229

Curtis British Entomology Plate 229
Lepidoptera: Clisiocampa castrensis = Malacosoma castrensis (Ground Lackey) [Plant: Artemisia maritima (Drooping-flowered Sea Wormwood)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageMaritima Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 83

Curtis British Entomology Plate 83
Coleoptera: Chlaenius sulcicollis Payk. (Channel-necked Chlaenius), = Agostenus sulcicollis (a mainland-European species) [Plant: Cakile maritima (Bunias cakile, Sea Rocket)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageMaritima Collection: Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima

Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own Natural History of British Birds, London, 1794-1819

Background imageMaritima Collection: Replica of the locomotive Mataro, in the centennial of the first trip by train

Replica of the locomotive Mataro, in the centennial of the first trip by train from Barcelona to Mataro 1848 - 1948, manufactured in the workshops of La Maquinista Terrestre y Maritima

Background imageMaritima Collection: Reproduction of a share of the company Maquinista Terrestre y Maritima, S. A

Reproduction of a share of the company Maquinista Terrestre y Maritima, S. A
Reproduction of a share of the company Maquinista Terrestre y Maritima, S.A. from Barcelona, first issue in 1855

Background imageMaritima Collection: Sea Pink (Armeria Maritima)

Sea Pink (Armeria Maritima)

Background imageMaritima Collection: Sea Pink Or Thrift(Ameria Maritima)

Sea Pink Or Thrift(Ameria Maritima) - a view of the flower outside. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageMaritima Collection: Caesarea / Crusaders road

Caesarea / Crusaders road
Four arches of the Crusaders road from the 13rd century. Caesarea was built by Herod the Great in the 1st century BC. The area remains an important archaeological site. Date: 1984

Background imageMaritima Collection: Caesarea / Crusaders gate

Caesarea / Crusaders gate
East gate house of the CRUSADERS GATE built in the 13rd century. Caesarea was built by Herod the Great in the 1st century BC. The area remains an important archaeological site. Date: 1976

Background imageMaritima Collection: Illustration, Bombyces

Illustration, Bombyces -- Actias Isabellae, Lasiocampa Otus, Euprepia Pudica, Saturnia Caecigena, Endagria Pantherina, Stygia Australis, Naclia Ancilla. The plant is Pineaster (Pinus Maritima)

Background imageMaritima Collection: African coast rat or Cape mole rat, Georychus capensis

African coast rat or Cape mole rat, Georychus capensis.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or

Background imageMaritima Collection: Israel Caesarea

Israel Caesarea
(or Qesarya) - Distant view of Caesarea Maritima at the waters edge, viewed from the southwest. Date: circa 1840

Background imageMaritima Collection: Scilla verna (spring squill), Drimia maritima (squill)

Scilla verna (spring squill), Drimia maritima (squill)
Antique illustration of Scilla verna (spring squill), Drimia maritima (squill)

Background imageMaritima Collection: Sea pink flower (Armeria maritima)

Sea pink flower (Armeria maritima)

Background imageMaritima Collection: Marsh Daisy (Armeria maritima), County Clare, Ireland, Europe

Marsh Daisy (Armeria maritima), County Clare, Ireland, Europe

Background imageMaritima Collection: Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima), coast near Lisdoonvarna, Burren, County Clare, Ireland, Europe

Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima), coast near Lisdoonvarna, Burren, County Clare, Ireland, Europe

Background imageMaritima Collection: Picture No. 10894417

Picture No. 10894417
Fulmar - nesting on cliff face amongst thrift (Armeria maritima) (Fulmarus glacialis) Date:

Background imageMaritima Collection: Picture No. 10883920

Picture No. 10883920
Purple Sandpiper - Winter flock in flight (Calidris maritima) Date:

Background imageMaritima Collection: Picture No. 10883919

Picture No. 10883919
Purple Sandpiper - In flight (Calidris maritima) Date:



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"Exploring the Coastal Beauty: Maritima in Europe" Discover the enchanting beauty of maritima, a diverse group of coastal plants found across Europe. From the vibrant Marsh Daisy (Armeria maritima) adorning the coast at Doolin, County Clare, Ireland to the delicate Thrift (Armeria maritima) flourishing on saltmarshes at Achnahaird Bay's south end, these resilient species thrive in challenging seaside environments. With its charming pink blooms and tufted foliage, Thrift (Armeria maritima) adds a touch of elegance to coastal landscapes. Its ability to withstand salty winds and poor soil conditions makes it an ideal choice for gardens near shorelines. Antique botany illustrations depict Sea Milkwort (Glaux maritima), showcasing its unique structure and captivating allure. The mesmerizing Sea onion or sea squill (Drimia maritima) captures attention with its tall spikes adorned with star-shaped flowers. This fascinating plant is known for its medicinal properties and has been used for centuries in traditional remedies. As you wander along Europe's coasts, take a moment to appreciate these remarkable flora that have adapted to survive in harsh maritime climates. The sight of Marsh Daisy (Armeria maritima) dotting the landscape or Sea Milkwort gracing sandy shores serves as a reminder of nature's resilience and beauty. Immerse yourself in the breathtaking scenery offered by these coastal treasures - from Doolin's picturesque coastline in Ireland to Achnahaird Bay's serene saltmarshes. Let their presence inspire awe as they thrive against all odds amidst crashing waves and shifting sands. Maritime plants like Armeria maritima remind us that even within seemingly inhospitable environments, life finds a way to flourish.