Myricaria davurica (Willd.) Ehrenb. in Linnaea 2: 278. 1827; Qaiser in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 141: 54. 1982. Tamarix davurica Willd., Abh. Konigl. Acad. Wiss. Berlin 85. 1816.

Shrubs, 1- 3 m high; branches erect. Leaves 4.5 -7.5 x 1- 2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, ovate-elliptic or ovate, subacute to obtuse at apex, subentire. Racemes dense, 3 - 4 (- 6) x 1 - 1.5 cm, scales at base of peduncle up to 6.5 x 3.5 mm, broadly ovate to oblong-ovate, obtuse at apex, reddish with broad scarious margin; bracts 7 - 8 x 4.5 - 6 mm. Flowers pinkish-white; pedicels 2 - 2.2 mm long. Sepals 4 - 4.5 x 1.2 - 1.5 mm, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, subacute at apex, subequal. Petals 5 - 6 x 2 - 3 mm, oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate. Stamens connate to 1/2 - 3/4 of their length; free part of longer filaments ca 1.5 mm long, of shorter ca 0.5 mm long. Ovary ca 4.5 mm long.

Fl. May - June.

Distrib. India: On gravelly river beds between 3200 and 4300 m. Jammu & Kashmir (Gilgit) and Himachal Pradesh (Lahul).

Pakistan, China (Tibet), Mongolia and Russia(S. Siberia).