Frankenia hirsuta

Frankenia hirsuta

Frankenia hirsuta

Frankenia hirsuta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Frankeniaceae
Genus: Frankenia
Species: Frankenia hirsuta

Name

Frankenia hirsuta L., Sp. Pl.: 331 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Frankenia laevis subsp. hirsuta (L.) Fiori, Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 381 (1898).
  • Frankenia laevis var. hirsuta (L.) Batt. & Trab., Fl. Algérie Tunisie: 48 (1905).
• Heterotypic
  • Franca corymbosa Vis., Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 16: 158 (1871).
  • Franca hispida Vis., Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 16: 158 (1871).
  • Franca laevis Vis., Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 16: 158 (1871).
  • Franca nothria Vis., Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 16: 158 (1871).
  • Franca revoluta Vis., Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 16: 158 (1871).
  • Franca thymifolia Vis., Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 16: 158 (1871).
  • Franca velutina Vis., Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 16: 158 (1871).
  • Frankenia aucheri Jaub. & Spach, Ill. Pl. Orient. 2: 105 (1847).
  • Frankenia bianorii Sennen & Pau, Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 14: 134 (1917).
  • Frankenia canescens Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 68 (1829).
  • Frankenia ericoides Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 393 (1805).
  • Frankenia hirsuta subsp. aucheri (Jaub. & Spach) Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32: 366 (1948).
  • Frankenia hirsuta var. brevipes Hausskn., Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 5: 46 (1893).
  • Frankenia hirsuta var. erecta Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 780 (1867).
  • Frankenia hirsuta var. hispida (DC.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 780 (1867).
  • Frankenia hirsuta subsp. hispida (DC.) Holmboe, Stud. Veg. Cyprus: 129 (1914).
  • Frankenia hirsuta subsp. intermedia (DC.) P.Fourn., Quatre Fl. France: 441 (1936).
  • Frankenia hirsuta var. intermedia (DC.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 780 (1867).
  • Frankenia hirsuta var. revoluta (Forssk.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1: 780 (1867).
  • Frankenia hispida DC., Prodr. 1: 349 (1824).
  • Frankenia intermedia DC., Prodr. 1: 349 (1824).
  • Frankenia laevis var. hispida (DC.) Bonnet in E.Bonnet & J.F.G.Barratte, Expl. Sci. Tunisie, Cat. Pl.: 71 (1896).
  • Frankenia laevis subsp. intermedia (DC.) Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc: 486 (1932).
  • Frankenia laevis var. intermedia (DC.) Bonnet in E.Bonnet & J.F.G.Barratte, Expl. Sci. Tunisie, Cat. Pl.: 71 (1896).
  • Frankenia laevis var. revoluta (Forssk.) E.A.Durand & Barratte, Fl. Libyc. Prodr.: 47 (1910).
  • Frankenia narynensis Botsch., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Zool. Akad. Nauk Uzbeksk. S.S.R. 11: 10 (1948).
  • Frankenia pilosa Pall., Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 317 (1776).
  • Frankenia revoluta Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 75 (1775).
  • Frankenia strigosa C.Presl., Fl. Sicul.: 141 (1826).
  • Nothria capensis J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 1012 (1792).
  • Nothria hirsuta Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 556 (1821), pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. Asia-Temperate Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Central Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Siberia Altay, West Siberia. Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Türkiye. Europe Eastern Europe East European Russia, Krym, South European Russia, Ukraine. Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe. Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Sardegna. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 331. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Davis, P.H. (ed.) 1967. Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 2 (Portulacaceae to Celastraceae). 581 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.) 1968. Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. xxvii + 455 pp, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), ISBN 0-521-06662-X. Reference page. 
• Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E.R. (eds.) 1980. Flora of Iraq. Volume Four, Part One. Cornaceae to Rubiaceae. 628 pp., Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad. Reference page. 
• Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. 2011. Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1–166. DJVU Reference page. 
• Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) 2012. Konspekt flory Kavkaza. Caucasian Flora Conspectus. Volume 3(2): [Magnoliaceae – Thymelaeaceae]. 623 pp., KMK Scientific Press, Sankt-Peterburg & Moskova. ISBN 978-5-87317-879-7. DJVU. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Frankenia hirsuta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Jan 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Frankenia hirsuta. Published online. Accessed: 19 Jan 2026. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Frankenia hirsuta. Accessed: Jan 19 2026. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Behaarte Frankenie
• English: Hairy Sea-heath
• Türkçe: Tülpembe

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