EcoFlora - Tamarix gallica

Tamarix gallica L.
Family: Tamaricaceae French Tamarisk [Tamarix brachylepis Sennen, moreTamarix sireti Sennen] Valter Jacinto	vPlants Resources The Morton Arboretum Shrub or small tree to 10 m tall Leaves: scale-like, pale green, small, egg-shaped to lance-shaped with a pointed tip, thin and dry along the margins. Flowers: pink, borne in dense cylindrical spikes 3 - 5 cm long, subtended by a triangular-egg-shaped bract with a long pointed tip. Fruit: a dehiscent capsule containing many minute seeds, each seed having a tuft of hair at the tip. Twigs: slender, brown, flexible, with small deciduous branches that fall with the leaves. Similar species: The characteristics of Tamarix gallica make it unlike any other species in the Chicago Region. Flowering: June to August Habitat and ecology: Introduced from Eurasia, this species rarely escapes from cultivation. Occurence in the Chicago region: non-native Etymology: Tamarix is the classical Latin name for tamarisk. Gallica means "from France." Author: The Morton Arboretum
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