African tamarisk African tamarisk

Shrubs or trees, to 5 m. Leaves: blade lanceolate, 1.5–2.5 mm. Inflorescences 3–7 cm × 5–9 mm; bract exceeding pedicel, rarely exceeding calyx tip. Flowers 5-merous; sepals 1.5 mm, margins subentire; petals ovate, 2–3 mm; antisepalous stamens 5, filaments confluent with nectar disc lobes, all originating from edge of disc. 2n = 24.

Flowering spring–late summer. Ocean shorelines, riverways, waste areas, sandy soil; 0–300 m; introduced; La., S.C., Tex., Va.; s Europe; n Africa; introduced also in w Europe (England).