Frankenia
salina #
Low
perennial herbs or undershrubs. Lvs.
opposite, entire, subsessile, exstipulate.
Fls. bisexual, regular, small, solitary or in cymes.
Sepals 4-6, persistent, connate, tubular.
Petals as many, clawed, imbricate, with scalelike appendage within.
Stamens usually 6, hypogynous. Ovary
superior, 1-celled, with 2-4 parietal placentae and few to many ovules.
Fr. a caps., opening by valves. Seeds
with endosperm and straight embryo. Four
genera and about 65 species, widely distributed in subtrop. and temp. regions.
(Munz, Flora So Calif. 484).
Upper
Newport Bays species within the family: