alkali heath

alkali heath
noun
Etymology: so called from its growth in alkaline soil and from its heathlike leaves
: a California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia) with revolute leaves, pinkish flowers in small terminal clusters, and linear many-seeded capsules

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