Tamarix parviflora |
Tamarix chinensis |
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small-flower tamarisk, tamarisk |
Chinese tamarisk, five-stamen saltcedar, five-stamen tamarisk, saltcedar |
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Habit | Shrubs or trees, to 5 m. Leaves: blade lanceolate, 2–2.5 mm. | Shrubs or trees, to 8 m. Leaves: blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm. |
Inflorescences | 1.5–4 cm × 3–5 mm; bract exceeding pedicel, not reaching calyx tip. |
2–6 cm × 5–7 mm; bract reaching or exceeding pedicel, not exceeding calyx tip. |
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. |
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. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Tamarix parviflora |
Tamarix chinensis |
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Phenology | Flowering early spring–early summer. | Flowering early spring–fall. |
Habitat | Riverways, lakeshores | Riverways, lakeshores, arroyos |
Elevation | 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft) | 0–2500 m (0–8200 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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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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Discussion | The name Tamarix tetrandra Pallas has been misapplied to T. parviflora. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 416. | FNA vol. 6, p. 416. |
Parent taxa | Tamaricaceae > Tamarix | Tamaricaceae > Tamarix |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | T. juniperina | |
Name authority | de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 97. (1828) | Loureiro: Fl. Cochinch. 1: 182. (1790) |
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