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French tamarisk, saltcedar, tamarisk, tamarix

Habit Shrubs or trees, to 5 m.
Leaves

blade lanceolate, 1.5–2 mm.

Inflorescences

2–5 cm × 4–5 mm;

bract exceeding pedicel, not reaching calyx tip.

Flowers

5-merous;

sepals 0.5–1.5 mm, margins entire or subentire;

petals elliptic to ovate, 1.5–2 mm; antisepalous stamens 5, filaments confluent with nectar disc lobes, all originating from edge of disc.

2n

= 24.

Tamarix gallica

Phenology Flowering spring–early fall.
Habitat Ocean shorelines, riverways, sandy soil
Elevation 0–300 m (0–1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AR; CA; GA; LA; NM; OK; SC; TX; s Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa), South America (Argentina)]
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Discussion

Tamarix gallica is morphologically very similar to, and may form hybrids with T. canariensis.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 416.
Parent taxa Tamaricaceae > Tamarix
Sibling taxa
T. africana, T. aphylla, T. canariensis, T. chinensis, T. parviflora, T. ramosissima, T. tetragyna
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 270. (1753)
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