Frankenia densa Summerh.

Prostrate, spreading shrub, occasionally rooting at nodes; stems densely puberulous; internodes often short. Leaves petiolate, linear or narrowly oblong, 1.5–5, rarely to 7 mm long, margins recurved; midrib usually exposed; both leaf surfaces puberulous. Flowers in short, dense dichasia; bracts and bracteoles similar to leaves. Calyx dilated in bud, often broader in upper half, 3.5–6, rarely to 7 mm long, 1–1.5 mm diam., puberulous, the ribs or upper half sometimes glabrous. Petals 5, 6–9 mm long, pink. Stamens 5 or 6. Style 2-or 3-branched; stigmas clavate to linear; ovules 3–6; funicles recurved; placentas parietal, about 0.5 mm above base of ovary. Seeds papillate.