Common Name

Leafy Sea-heath

Family

Frankeniaceae

Notes

Shrub to 60cm tall. Leaves in whorls, with membranous stipules at the base, which encircle the stem. Leaves 0.2-0.8cm long, 0.8-1.5mm wide, linear, hairy, exuding salt, edges tightly rolled downwards, midrib prominent below. Flowers pink, with 5 petals, solitary or in open groups of 2-16 flowers, at the ends of the branches, each flower subtended by a whorl of 4 leaf-like bracts. Rare Vic.

Differentiation between the species of Frankenia is based on details of the ovaries, beyond the scope of this key.

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 500

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Frankenia~foliosa

Photos by AJ Brown © State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries 2013. Victorian Resources Online www.dpi.vic.gov.au/vro. Reproduced with permission.