Smallflower tamarisk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Tamaricaceae
Genus: Tamarix
Species:
T. parviflora
Binomial name
Tamarix parviflora
Synonyms

Tamarix cretica

Tamarix parviflora is a species of tamarisk known by the common name smallflower tamarisk.[2]

It is native to south-eastern Europe (Albania, East Aegean Islands, Greece, Crete and the former Yugoslavia) and to Turkey.[1] It has been introduced elsewhere, in places such as; Algeria, Austria, Cape Provinces, Corsica, Italy, Libya, Mexico, Pakistan, Sicily, Spain, West Himalayas and western North America (Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon and Texas),[3] where it is an invasive introduced species.

It easily inhabits moist habitat, especially in saline soils. It is a shrub or tree growing up to about 5 meters tall. The branching twigs are covered in tiny linear leaves no more than 2 or 3 millimetres long. The inflorescence is a dense spike with flowers 1 to 4 centimeters long. Each tiny flower has four pink petals.

It was first published and described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in Prodr. vol.3 on page 97 in 1828.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Akhani, H. (2020). "Tamarix parviflora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T19179463A175309447. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tamarix parviflora". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Tamarix parviflora DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2022.


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