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Frankenia serpyllifolia
Frankenia serpyllifolia is a small, spreading, salt-tolerant shrub from arid and semi-arid Australia, grown for its pink flowers in spring. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and little water, and suits dry, saline or sandy gardens.
Frankenia serpyllifolia commonly known as bristly sea-heath, is a flowering plant in the family Frankeniaceae and grows in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. It is a small, spreading shrub with pink flowers.
Bristly sea-heath grows on heavy soils or flood plains in South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Frankenia serpyllifolia 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.
