Tamarix leptostachya Bunge, Beitr. Fl. RussI. 117.1852 & in Mem. Say. Etr. St. Petersb. 7: 293. 1854; Qaiser in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 141: 9. 1982.

Shrubs 1 - 3 (-5) high. Leaves 1.5 - 3 mm long, ovate to lanceolate, acute at apex. Racemes aestival, densely compound, each 3 - 12 x 0.2 - 0.3 cm; bracts 1 - 2 mm long, trullate-triangular to trullate-ovate, acuminate at apex, denticulate. Flowers pink. Sepals 5, almost free, 0.5 - 0.7 x 0.2 - 0.3 mm, trullate-ovate, denticulate. Petals 5, 1 - 1.5 x 0.5 - 0.6 mm, obovate. Stamens exserted; filaments ca 2 mm long, confluent epilophic. Disc ca 0.5 mm across, 5-lobed. Capsules 1.7 - 2 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. May - Oct.

Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir(Gilgit); rare.

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