Frankenia foliosa

Compact dwarf shrub, to 15 cm tall; branches densely covered in minute, spreading hairs; internodes 1–9 mm long. Leaves on long-shoot 3–9 mm long; petiole 0.1–0.7 mm long, not narrowed distally where 0.8–1.2 mm wide, hairy; leaf-blade ovate or oblong, subterete, 0.8–1.4 mm wide; margins tightly revolute; midrib very prominent, raised on lower surface, broad, flat; surfaces grey-green, covered in minute hairs or midvein and lower surface rarely glabrous; short-shoot leaves often slightly shorter. Flowers 2–16 in axillary dichasia or solitary. Calyx 5-lobed, 5–6 mm long, 1–3 mm wide, wholly hairy or centres of ribs glabrous; petals 5, 7–11 mm long; stamens 6; style-branches 3; ovules c. 14–40. Flowers most of year.