Tamarix tetragyna
Linnaea 2: 258. 1827.
Introduced
Shrubs or trees, to 4 m. Leaves sessile or amplexicaul; blade lanceolate, 1.5–6 mm. Inflorescences 2–15 cm × 5–10 mm; bract exceeding pedicel, sometimes reaching calyx tip. Flowers 4–5-merous; sepals 2 mm, margins entire or denticulate; petals obovate to ovate, 2–5 mm; antisepalous stamens 4–5, filaments confluent with nectar disc lobes, antipetalous stamens 1–4, smaller, filaments alternate with nectar disc lobes, all originating from edge of disc.
Phenology: Flowering spring(–summer).
Habitat: Coastal areas
Elevation: 0–300 m
Distribution
Introduced; Ga., sw Asia, ne Africa
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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smaller +
lanceolate +
straight +
absent +
4-5-merous +
capsular +
loculicidal +
true +
alternate +
scale-like +
fleshy +
plurilocular +
pear--shaped +
bitegmic +
anatropous +
parietal +
absent +
thin +
(2-)3-4(-5)-carpellate +
Linnaea +
1827 +
attached +
distinct +
equal +
beaked +
comose +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
Introduced +
absent +
Tamarix tetragyna +
Tamarix +
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