Small-Leaf Sea-Heath

Scientific Name:

Frankenia sessilis

Small-leaf Sea-heath bushes
Photo: A J Brown

Status:

Native to Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria.

Plant Description:

Grey-green softly hairy, shrub to 30 cm; often straggling. Leaves, 2-4 mm long, linear to cylindrical and crowded and spreading, broad at the base and without stalks. Upper leaf surface with whitish scales.

Flowers usually solitary. Petals 6-7 mm long and white. Fruit a capsule containing 1-2 smooth seeds.

Habitat:

Mallee and Wimmera, near or on salt lakes.

Region	Salinity Class	Waterlogging Class
Mallee, Wimmera	S2, S3	W1, W2

Comments:

The Sea-heaths are a large genus of plants of which at least 50 are native to Australia. They are not easy to tell apart. Currently Victoria has five native species, including Southern Sea-heath (Frankenia paucifolia) and Leafy Sea-heath (Frankenia foliosa).

Leaves of Small-leaf Sea-heath
Photo: A J Brown

Small-leaf Sea-Heath flower
Photo: A J Brown

Small-leaf Sea-heath flowers
Flowers of Small-leaf Sea-heath
Photo: A J Brown

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Leaves of Small-leaf Sea-heath Photo: A J Brown	Small-leaf Sea-Heath flower Photo: A J Brown
Flowers of Small-leaf Sea-heath Photo: A J Brown