| Family | FRANKENIACEAE |
| Genus species | Frankenia hirsuta L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 331 (1753) |
| Native Range | Medit. to w. Siberia and Iran |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | saltings |
| Description | leaves 2-8mm long, linear, revolute, flowers ca. 1cm across, in compact, terminal, corymbose cluster |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale purple, white |
| Bloom | 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 | Franca corymbosa Vis. Franca hispida Vis. Franca laevis Vis. Franca nothria Vis. Franca revoluta Vis. Franca thymifolia Vis. Franca velutina Vis. Frankenia aucheri Jaub. & Spach Frankenia bianorii Sennen & Pau Frankenia canescens Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Frankenia ericoides Pers. Frankenia hirsuta ssp. aucheri (Jaub. & Spach) Bornm. Frankenia hirsuta var. brevipes Hausskn. Frankenia hirsuta var. erecta Boiss. Frankenia hirsuta var. hispida (DC.) Boiss. Frankenia hirsuta ssp. hispida (DC.) Holmboe Frankenia hirsuta ssp. intermedia (DC.) P.Fourn. Frankenia hirsuta var. intermedia (DC.) Boiss. Frankenia hirsuta var. revoluta (Forssk.) Boiss. Frankenia hispida DC. Frankenia intermedia DC. Frankenia laevis ssp. hirsuta (L.) Fiori Frankenia laevis var. hirsuta (L.) Batt. & Trab. Frankenia laevis var. hispida (DC.) Bonnet Frankenia laevis ssp. intermedia (DC.) Maire Frankenia laevis var. intermedia (DC.) Bonnet Frankenia laevis var. revoluta (Forssk.) A.E.Durand & Barratte Frankenia narynensis Botsch. Frankenia pilosa Pall. Frankenia revoluta Forssk. Frankenia strigosa C.Presl Nothria capensis J.F.Gmel. Nothria hirsuta Steudel |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, SAR Sardegna) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia, WSA Western Sahara) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) |