Frankenia hirsutaL.

WFO wfo-0000692034 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Frankenia hirsuta, photographed by Quentin Groom
fig. a Quentin Groom, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-17 / obs. 198342358
Frankenia hirsuta, photographed by Michal Honskus
fig. b Michal Honskus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196578800
Frankenia hirsuta, photographed by WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁
fig. c WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190440846
Frankenia hirsuta, photographed by hecklemore
fig. d hecklemore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187646319
Frankenia hirsuta, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. e Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178918594
Frankenia hirsuta, photographed by Elena_Sherehora
fig. f Elena_Sherehora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154583126
Frankenia hirsuta, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. g Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173745159
Frankenia hirsuta, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. h Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 137230948

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Native range 41 botanical countries

Regions where Frankenia hirsuta is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Egypt, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Selvagens, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Altay, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Albania, Baleares, Corse, East European Russia, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMoroccoSelvagensTunisiaWestern SaharaAltayCyprusEast Aegean Is.IranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanWest SiberiaAlbaniaCorseEast European RussiaFranceGreeceItalyKritiKrymRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Canary Is.MadeiraBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Frankenia hirsuta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Corse COR
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Madeira MDR
Morocco MOR
Selvagens SEL
Tunisia TUN
Western Sahara WSA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 103 in flower of 109 examined

Peak flowering in Apr. Each bar is the share of Frankenia hirsuta observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 103 of 109 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 5 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 20 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Franca corymbosa Vis.
  • Franca hispida Vis.
  • Franca laevis Vis.
  • Franca nothria Vis.
  • Franca revoluta Vis.
  • Franca thymifolia Vis.
  • Franca velutina Vis.
  • Frankenia aucheri Jaub. & Spach
  • Frankenia bianorii Sennen & Pau
  • Frankenia canescens Willd. ex Schult.f.
  • Frankenia capitata Webb & Berthel.
  • Frankenia ericoides Pers.
  • Frankenia hirsuta subsp. intermedia (DC.) P.Fourn.
  • Frankenia hispida DC.
  • Frankenia intermedia DC.
  • Frankenia laevis subsp. hirsuta (L.) Emb. & Maire
  • Frankenia narynensis Botsch.
  • Frankenia pilosa Pall.
  • Frankenia revoluta Forssk.
  • Nothria hirsuta Steud.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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