Family | FRANKENIACEAE |
Genus species | Frankenia composita Pau & Font Quer |
Bibliography | Exsicc. (Iter Marocc.) [P.Font i Quer] 1927: n° 392 (1928) |
Native Range | nw. Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands |
Description | procumbent, ramose, leaves opposite, subsessile, linear, 2-5mm, subglabrous, ciliate, flowers solitary, calyx tubular, petals obovate, 4-6mm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring, early 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 crassicostata Sennen Frankenia laevis ssp. composita (Pau & Font Quer) Négre Frankenia laevis var. composita (Pau & Font Quer) Maire Frankenia laevis var. lacunarum Maire & al. |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco) |