Small-flowered tamarisk
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Small-flowered tamarisk ( Tamarix parviflora ) |
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The small-flowered tamarisk or spring tamarisk ( Tamarix parviflora ) is a species of the tamarisk ( Tamarix ) genus .
features
The small-flowered tamarisk is a shrub or tree that reaches heights of 2 to 6 meters. The bark is brown to purple. The flowers are four-fold. They stand together in ears 1.5 to 3 centimeters long . The sepals are serrated. The petals are not keeled. The stamens are fused with the lobes of the nectar leaves. The bracts are triangular-pointed, boat-shaped and almost completely membranous.
Flowering time is from April to June.
Occurrence
The small-flowered tamarisk occurs in the eastern Mediterranean . Its distribution area includes Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey and Israel. The species grows on river banks and in swamps up to altitudes of 300 meters.
literature
- Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 .
- Ruprecht Düll , Irene Düll: Pocket dictionary of the Mediterranean flora: a botanical-ecological excursion companion to the most important species. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim, 2007, ISBN 978-3-494-01426-5 , p. 333.
Individual evidence
- ^ Tamarix in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
Web links
- Botanical Garden of the University of Bochum: Photo of the small-flowered tamarisk ( Memento from November 25, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
- Flowers in Swabia: An online determination of some species of the genus