Tamarix africana, Poiret

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 : 293

1. T. africana Poiret , Voy. Barb. 2: 139 (1789)

( T. hispanica Boiss. ).

Tree with black or dark purple bark, glabrous except for papillose bracts and inflorescence-axis. Leaves 1-5-4 mm, acute. Racemes 30-60 x 5-8 mm, usually vernal, but often aestival in Spain and Portugal. Bracts triangular, obtuse to acuminate, usually exceeding the calyx. Flowers subsessile, white or pale pink, 5-merous, without antepetalous stamens. Sepals 1-5 mm, trullateovate, acute. Petals 2-3 mm, trullate-ovate, at least some of them persistent. Filaments expanded at the base and confluent with the lobes of the disc. Coastal marshes and river-banks. S. W. Europe, extending eastwards to S. Italy. BI Co Ga Hs It Lu Sa Si [Br],