A family of flowering plants that includes armeria (thrift), statice, and plumbago, typically small herbaceous plants.
From the genus Armeria plus the taxonomic suffix '-aceae,' used in Latin scientific nomenclature to denote plant families. This follows Carl Linnaeus's binomial classification system established in the 1750s.
The Armeriaceae family is a great example of how plants that look very different—sea thrift, leadwort, and plumbago—are actually close botanical relatives, proving that plant appearance can be deceiving.
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