Tamarix parviflora |
Tamaricaceae |
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small-flower tamarisk, tamarisk |
tamarisk family, tamarix family |
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Habit | Shrubs or trees, to 5 m. Leaves: blade lanceolate, 2–2.5 mm. | Shrubs or trees [subshrubs], usually halophytes, rheophytes, or xerophytes. |
Leaves | alternate, scalelike [subulate], small; stipules absent. |
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Inflorescences | 1.5–4 cm × 3–5 mm; bract exceeding pedicel, not reaching calyx tip. |
simple or compound racemes usually equal or more in number to petals, distinct [connate basally or fasciculate], often attached to fleshy nectar disc; pistil (2–)3–4(–5)-carpellate; ovary 1-locular, sometimes almost plurilocular, ovules 2+ per placenta, anatropous, bitegmic; placentation parietal, basal, or parietal-basal; styles [2–]3–4[–5] [absent, stigmas sessile]. |
Flowers | 4-merous; sepals 1–1.5 mm, margins entire or denticulate; petals oblong to ovate, 2 mm; antisepalous stamens 4, filaments confluent with nectar disc lobes, all originating from edge of disc. |
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Fruits | capsular, dehiscence loculicidal. |
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Seeds | comose at one end [hairy overall]; embryo straight; endosperm absent [scanty, starchy]; thin perisperm often present. |
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2n | = 24. |
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Tamarix parviflora |
Tamaricaceae |
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Phenology | Flowering early spring–early summer. | |
Habitat | Riverways, lakeshores | |
Elevation | 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft) | |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; KS; MS; NC; NM; NV; OK; OR; TX; UT; WA; s Europe; n Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (Baja California), South America (Argentina), Australia]
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Europe; Asia; Africa; especially from Mediterranean to c Asia [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | The name Tamarix tetrandra Pallas has been misapplied to T. parviflora. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Genera 4, species ca. 78 (1 genus, 8 species in the flora). Tamaricaceae have traditionally been placed in the Violales, but recent analyses of molecular sequence data place the family within the Caryophyllales of the core eudicots. Frankeniaceae has retained its place as sister family to Tamaricaceae, sharing similarities in many characters, including secondary chemistry and salt gland structure. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 416. | FNA vol. 6, p. 413. |
Parent taxa | Tamaricaceae > Tamarix | |
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Name authority | de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 97. (1828) | Link |
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