Tamarix chinensis
Common names
Chinese tamarisk
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Red/Pink, White
Detailed description
A deciduous shrub or small tree to 10m tall, forming dense thickets. Slender branches which tend to droop, with smooth reddish-brown bark on young branches. Leaves are scale-like, about 2.5 mm long, with broad sheathing bases. The flower heads are a large broad terminal panicle composed of numerous spike-like racemes 2-5 cm long, appearing well after the leaves and on the current season’s growth. The flowers are pink about 2mm long, with 5 petals and a disc of 5 rounded dark red lobes. The capsule is c. 8mm long; pyramidal.
Similar taxa
Flowers numerous, in terminal panicles on the current seasons growth
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Tamaricaceae
Ecology
Flowering
December, January, February, March, April
Year naturalised
1968
Origin
China
Other information
NVS code
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TAMCHI