Frankenia pulverulenta, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 295

1. F. pulverulenta L. , Sp. Pl. 332 (1753) .

Annual; stems up to 30 cm, procumbent, often mat-forming, rarely erect, sparsely or densely puberulent. Leaves 1—5(—8) x 0-5-4 mm, obovate to oblong-spathulate, usually plane, glabrous or sparsely puberulent above, densely puberulent beneath, without a white crust. Flowers crowded, secund, in short terminal and axillary spikes. Calyx 2-5^4 mm, puberulent or subglabrous. Petals 3-5-5 mm, oblong to obovate, pale or deep violet. Maritime sands and shingle, and saline areas inland. S. & S.E. Europe. Al Az BI Bu Co Cr Ga G r Hs It Ju Lu Rm Rs (W, K, E) Sa Si.