Biology:Frankenia laevis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant


Sea heath
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Frankeniaceae
Genus: Frankenia
Species:
F. laevis
Binomial name
Frankenia laevis

Frankenia laevis, commonly sea heath, is a low shrub in the family Frankeniaceae. It is native to south-west Europe and Britain and to northwestern Africa, including Macaronesia.[1] It grows on the coast. It is rare in Britain.[2]

Distribution

Frankenia laevis is native to the south-west of Europe (the Balearic Islands, Corsica, France , Italy, Portugal, Sardinia, and Spain ), Sicily, Great Britain, the Azores, and the west of north Africa (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia).[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Frankenia laevis L.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:366294-1. Retrieved 8 March 2018. 
  2. "Frankenia laevis Sea Heath". UK Wild Flowers. http://www.ukwildflowers.com/Web_pages/frankenia_laevis_sea_heath.htm. Retrieved 27 September 2012. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3082971 entry