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Frankenia salina
Also called Alkali Heath
Alkali seaheath (Frankenia salina) is a low, twiggy perennial shrub native to salty and alkaline coastal soils, found in salt marshes and beaches. It grows well in full sun and tolerates salt and poor soils, so it suits a dry, saline or sandy site.
Frankenia salina, often called alkali heath or alkali seaheath, is a perennial herb native to California, Nevada, Mexico and Chile. It is uncommon even in the region where it is most likely to be found, just north of the San Francisco Bay Area.
It is a squat flowering bush that forms a twiggy thicket near beaches and coastal salt marshes. Its common name refers to its preference for alkaline soils as a halophyte. It has the ability to excrete salt as an adaptation for living in saline habitats. The flowers are pink or fuchsia in color.
Frankenia cordata · Sea Heath · Sea Heath · Bristly Sea Heath
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Frankenia salina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
