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European Seaheath (Frankenia pulverulenta)

Description

European sea-heath is native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa, and is mainly a plant of desert and coastal habitats. In North America there are isolated records from Oregon, Utah, and Massachusetts, where it has been collected only from the waste area of a nineteenth-century wool carding factory.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Frankeniaceae

              • Genus: Frankenia