Frankenia salina: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Frankeniaceae
- Genus
- Frankenia
- Species
- Frankenia salina
- Scientific Name
- Frankenia salina
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Frankenia salina
Frankenia salina, often called alkali heath or alkali seaheath, is a perennial herb native to California, Nevada, Mexico and Chile. It is uncommon even in the region where it is most likely to be found, just north of the San Francisco Bay Area.
It is a squat flowering bush that forms a twiggy thicket near beaches and coastal salt marshes. Its common name refers to its preference for alkaline soils as a halophyte. It has the ability to excrete salt as an adaptation for living in saline habitats. The flowers are pink or fuchsia in color.
...Frankenia salina in languages:
- English
- alkali seaheath
- English
- Alkali Heath
- Russian
- Франкения солончаковая
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Frankenia adpressa
- Frankenia ambita
- Frankenia boissieri
- Frankenia brachyphylla
- Frankenia bracteata
- Frankenia bucharica
- Frankenia capitata
- Frankenia chevalieri
- Frankenia chilensis
- Frankenia chubutensis
- Frankenia cinerea
- Frankenia composita
- Frankenia conferta
- Frankenia confusa
- Frankenia connata
- Frankenia cordata
- Frankenia corymbosa
- Frankenia crispa
- Frankenia cupularis
- Frankenia decurrens
- Frankenia densa
- Frankenia desertorum
- Frankenia drummondii
- Frankenia eremophila
- Frankenia ericifolia
- Frankenia fecunda
- Frankenia fischeri
- Frankenia flabellata
- Frankenia foliosa
- Frankenia fruticosa
- Frankenia georgei
- Frankenia glomerata
- Frankenia gracilis
- Frankenia gypsophila
- Frankenia hamata
- Frankenia hirsuta
- Frankenia hispidula
- Frankenia interioris
- Frankenia irregularis
- Frankenia jamesii
- Frankenia johnstonii
- Frankenia juniperoides
- Frankenia laevis
- Frankenia latior
- Frankenia laxiflora
- Frankenia leonardorum
- Frankenia magnifica
- Frankenia margaritae
- Frankenia microphylla
- Frankenia muscosa
- Frankenia orthotricha
- Frankenia pallida
- Frankenia palmeri
- Frankenia parvula
- Frankenia patagonica
- Frankenia pauciflora
- Frankenia persica
- Frankenia planifolia
- Frankenia plicata
- Frankenia pomonensis
- Frankenia portulacifolia
- Frankenia pseudoflabellata
- Frankenia pulverulenta
- Frankenia punctata
- Frankenia repens
- Frankenia salina
- Frankenia salsuginea
- Frankenia scabra
- Frankenia serpyllifolia
- Frankenia sessilis
- Frankenia setosa
- Frankenia stuartii
- Frankenia subteres
- Frankenia tetrapetala
- Frankenia thymifolia
- Frankenia triandra
- Frankenia tuvinica
- Frankenia uncinata
- Frankenia vidalii
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