TAMARIX FAMILY
Tamarix smyrnensis(llgın)
(Tamariske)
Tamaricaceae
Shrubs or small trees, up to 5 m. Stem with reddish brown or brown bark. Leaves small, scale-like, alternate, simple. Inflorescence a spike-like raceme; lateral raceme 5-25 mm, terminal up to 40 mm. Sepals 4-5. Petals free, pink, 5-merous. Fruit capsule. Potential ornamental. Fl. April-August. Wet places.
Türkiye, Caucasia, Iran, N. Iraq, Transcaspia, Afganistan, Balkans, W. Syria, Romania, Crimea.
