Tamarix hispida Willd.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Tamaricaceae > Tamarix

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 1.5-4(-6) m tall. Young branches reddish or brown-gray, densely hispid throughout. Leaves of growing branches grayish yellow, ovate-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, abaxially raised, base broad and obtuse, auriculate, semiamplexicaul, apex acuminate; those of vegetative branches broadly cordate-ovate to broadly ovate-lanceolate, 0.8-2.2 × 0.5-0.7 mm, densely puberulous, abaxially raised, base auriculate, semiamplexicaul, apex acuminate, mucronate, incurved. Racemes 2-7(-17) cm × 3-5 mm, terminal on branches of current year in summer and autumn, clustered into terminal, large, dense panicles; bracts narrowly triangular-lanceolate or, narrowly lanceolate, 1-1.5 mm, subequaling or sometimes slightly exceeding calyx, abaxially raised at base, margin entire, apex acuminate. Pedicels 0.5-0.7 mm, shorter than or nearly as long as calyx. Flowers 5-merous. Calyx 5-fid, ca. 1/3 as long as petals; sepals ovate-orbicular, 0.7-1 × ca. 0.5 mm, margin membranous, nearly pellucid, denticulate, apex slightly obtuse or acutish; outer 2 faintly carinate abaxially, apex acute. Petals 5, spreading, reflexed in upper part, purple-red or red, usually obovate to oblong-elliptic, 1.5-2 × 0.6-1 mm, caducous. Disk 5-lobed. Stamens 5, opposite to sepals, exserted, inserted at apex of disk lobes; filaments thickened at base, with nectary; anthers cordate, apex obtuse, often apiculate. Ovary narrowly bottle-shaped; styles 3, ca. 1/3 as long as ovary; stigmas very short. Capsule red to purple, conic, 4-5(-7) × ca. 1 mm, 4-5 × as long as calyx, ca. 15-seeded. Fl. Jul-Sep. 2n = 24*.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

River sides, lake basins, salty meadows and sand dunes in desert regions.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 50
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Images

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Distribution

Tamarix hispida world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Conservation status

Tamarix hispida threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:828127-1
WFO ID wfo-0000458607
COL ID 54MCC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Tamarix hispida