OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tamarix gallica   FAMILY Tamaricaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tamarix gallica   FAMILY Tamaricaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Tamarix gallica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Tamarix gallica

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 128-01-001:

Tamarix gallica   FAMILY Tamaricaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Tamarix gallica

 

COMMON NAME:
French Tamarisk


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image of Tamarix gallica, French Tamarisk

Dan Clark, USDI National Park Service, Bugwood.org    bug_5282062

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Shrub or small tree with minute gray-green sessile alternate scale-like leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tamarix gallica   FAMILY Tamaricaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tamarix gallica   FAMILY Tamaricaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tamarix gallica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Tamarix gallica

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 128-01-001:
Tamarix gallica   FAMILY Tamaricaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tamarix gallica

 

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Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Brackish marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: western Mediterranean Europe

Waif(s)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/ Off-white
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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