Tamarix arceuthoides Bunge, Beitr. Fl. Russl. 119. 1852 & in Mem. Save Etr. St. Petersb. 7: 295. 1854; Qaiser in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 141: 8. 1982.

Shrubs, 23 m high. Leaves 1 - 3 x 0.2 - 0.5 mm, ovate-Ianceolate to broadly trullate-ovate, acuminate or rarely acute at apex. Racemes vernal or aestival, compound, each 3 - 6 x 0.3 - 0.4 cm; bracts 1 - 1.7 x 0.4 - 0.5 mm, trullate-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, entire to subentire. Flowers pink or purplish-pink. Sepals 5, 0.5 - 0.7 x 0.2 - 0.5 mm, ovate to trullate-ovate or rhomboid, denticulate. Petals 5, 1.5 - 1.7 x 0.5 - 1 mm, obovate to obovate-elliptic. Stamens exserted; filaments ca 1.7 mm long, mesodiscine. Disc ca 0.5 mm across, 5-lobed, lobes shallowly notched. Capsules ca 3 x 1 mm. Seeds ca 0.5 mm long; coma 1.5 - 2 mm long.

Fl. April - July; Fr. July - Oct.

Distrib. India: In valleys and along river beds. Jammu & Kashmir(Kashmir).

Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, China (Tibet) and C.I.S.

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