European Seaheath

(Frankenia pulverulenta)

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Description

European sea-heath is native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa, and is mainly a plant of desert and coastal habitats. In North America there are isolated records from Oregon, Utah, and Massachusetts, where it has been collected only from the waste area of a nineteenth-century wool carding factory.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Frankeniaceae
Genus:Frankenia
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