Tamarix tetrandra
Tamarix tetrandra
Gezik
Shrubs or small trees, 2-3 m, bark blackish to greyish or reddish. Leaves 1-5 mm. Racemes 30-60 x 6-7 mm, ± lax, loose. Bracts longer than the pedicels, ovate-acuminate. Flowers 4-merous. Sepals 0,5-1,5 mm. Petals 2,4-3 mm. Stamens usually 4, occasionally 1-3 antipetalous stamens present as well. Fl. 5. River beds and banks, s.I.-1300 m.
Greece, Aegean, Anti-Lebanon, Cyprus, S. Russia, Crimea.