Family | FRANKENIACEAE |
Genus species | Frankenia boissieri Reut. ex Boiss. |
Bibliography | Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 721 (1845) |
Native Range | s. Portugal to sw. Spain, n. Africa, Canary Islands |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-100m |
Description | leaves adaxially glabrous, abaxially glaucous or farinose, the upper larger, on margins revolute, basally cordate, flowers in terminal, few flowered cluster |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Frankenia glomerulata Coss. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is.) |