Frankenia salina, often called alkali heath or alkali seaheath, is a perennial herb native to California, Nevada, Mexico and Chile.

[1] It is uncommon even in the region where it is most likely to be found, just north of the San Francisco Bay Area.

It is a squat flowering bush that forms a twiggy thicket near beaches and coastal salt marshes.

Its common name refers to its preference for alkaline soils as a halophyte.

It has the ability to excrete salt as an adaptation for living in saline habitats.