Tamarix hispida, Willd.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 294

14. T. hispida Willd. , op. cit. 77 (1816).

Shrub or small tree with reddish-brown bark, usually densely hispid-pubescent, but sometimes glabrous except for papillose inflorescence-axis. Leaves 1-2-5 mm, acute, cordate-auriculate at base. Racemes 15—70(— 150) x 3-5 mm, usually aestival, aggregated in dense panicles. Bracts narrowly triangular, acuminate, longer than pedicels. Pedicel shorter than calyx. Flowers 5-merous, without antepetalous stamens. Sepals 1 mm, trullate-ovate, strongly denticulate, especially in distal half, the outer more or less keeled. Petals 2 mm, obovate to elliptical, caducous. Filaments confluent with the lobes of the disc. Saline sands. W. Kazakhstan. Rs (E). (Dry regions of Asia.)