Tamarix chinensis |
Tamarix ramosissima |
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Chinese tamarisk, five-stamen saltcedar, five-stamen tamarisk, saltcedar |
noxious tararisk, saltcedar, tamarisk |
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Habit | Shrubs or trees, to 8 m. Leaves: blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm. | Shrubs or trees, to 8 m. Leaves: blade lanceolate, 1.5–3.5 mm. |
Inflorescences | 2–6 cm × 5–7 mm; bract reaching or exceeding pedicel, not exceeding calyx tip. |
1.5–7 cm × 3–4 mm; bract exceeding pedicel, not reaching calyx tip. |
Flowers | 5-merous; sepals 0.5–1.5 mm, margins entire; petals elliptic to ovate, 1.5–2 mm; antisepalous stamens 5, filaments alternate with nectar disc lobes, some or all originating from below disc. |
5-merous; sepals 0.5–1.5 mm, margins denticulate; petals obovate to elliptic, 1.5–2 mm; antisepalous stamens 5, filaments alternate with nectar disc lobes, all originating from edge of disc. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Tamarix chinensis |
Tamarix ramosissima |
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Phenology | Flowering early spring–fall. | Flowering early spring–late fall. |
Habitat | Riverways, lakeshores, arroyos | Riverways, lakeshores, arroyos |
Elevation | 0–2500 m (0–8200 ft) | 0–2500 m (0–8200 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OK; TX; UT; WY; e Asia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America (Argentina)]
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AR; AZ; CA; CO; ID; KS; LA; MT; NC; ND; NE; NM; NV; OK; OR; SD; TX; UT; WA; WY; Asia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora), South America (Argentina), Australia]
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Discussion | Tamarix chinensis, morphologically very similar to T. ramosissima, hybridizes with T. ramosissima (commonly) and T. aphylla (rarely). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Morphologically very similar to Tamarix chinensis, T. ramosissima hybridizes with T. chinensis (commonly) and T. aphylla (rarely). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 416. | FNA vol. 6, p. 417. |
Parent taxa | Tamaricaceae > Tamarix | Tamaricaceae > Tamarix |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | T. juniperina | T. odessana |
Name authority | Loureiro: Fl. Cochinch. 1: 182. (1790) | Ledebour: Fl. Altaica 1: 424. (1829) |
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