Tamarix tetrandra, Pallas ex Bieb.

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

4. T. tetrandra Pallas ex Bieb. , Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 1: 247 (1808).

Glabrous or slightly papillose shrub or small tree with black bark. Leaves 3-5 mm, acute, with scarious margin. Racemes 30-60 x 6-7 mm, usually vernal. Bracts oblong, obtuse, herbaceous except for the scarious apex. Flowers white, 4-(5-)merous, with 0-4 antepetalous stamens. Pedicel much shorter than calyx. Sepals 2-2-5 mm, entire, the outer keeled and acute, the inner obtuse and shorter. Petals 2-5(-3) mm, ovate to ovate-elliptical. Filaments of antesepalous stamens inserted in shallow sinuses between the lobes of the conspicuous, fleshy disc. Damp places, mainly in the mountains. E. part o f Balkan peninsula; Krym. Bu G r Ju Rs (K) Tu.