Frankenia laevis

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Frankenia laevis, commonly sea heath, is a low shrub in the family Frankeniaceae. It is native to south-west Europe and Britain and to northwestern Africa, including Macaronesia. It grows on the coast. It is rare in Britain.

Distribution

Frankenia laevis is native to the south-west of Europe (the Balearic Islands, Corsica, France, Italy, Portugal, Sardinia, and Spain), Sicily, Great Britain, the Azores, and the west of north Africa (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia).

==References==

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{{cite web |title=Frankenia laevis L. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:366294-1 |accessdate=8 March 2018 }}

{{cite web |title=Frankenia laevis Sea Heath |url=http://www.ukwildflowers.com/Web_pages/frankenia_laevis_sea_heath.htm |publisher=UK Wild Flowers |accessdate =27 September 2012 }}

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laevis

Category:Halophytes

Category:Plants described in 1753

Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

Category:Flora of Algeria

Category:Flora of the Azores

Category:Flora of Great Britain

Category:Flora of Morocco

Category:Flora of Sicily

Category:Flora of Southwestern Europe

Category:Flora of Tunisia

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