Annual herb ; up to 30 cm high . Stems prostrate to ascending , richly branched from base , often mat-forming , covered with excreted salt crystals , puberulent . Leaves opposite or whorled , tiny , 1-5(-8) x 0 . 5-4 mm , flat , oblong to oblanceolate , apex obtuse to retuse , base tapering into the petiole , margins sometimes revolute , covered with excreted salt crystals . Inflorescences solitary or in lax cymes . Flowers small , papery pink , no scent ; calyx tybular , ribbed ; petals 5 , obovate , exserted from the calyx ; stamens 6 ; ovary with numerous ovules . Fruit capsule , ± 2 mm , ovoid , 3-valved . Seeds 0 . 5-0 . 7 × ca . 0 . 3 mm , numerous , golden brown , oblong-ellipsoid . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Franca pulverulenta (L.) Vis.
Frankenia pulverulenta var. angustifolia Willk.
Frankenia pulverulenta var. corymbosa Willk.
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Annual Sea Heath, European Sea Heath
Not used traditionally.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://en.wiktionary.org *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
