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Shrub, tree, much-branched.
Stem: trunk bark rough.
Leaf: alternate, sessile, entire, often scale-like, generally with salt-excreting glands.
Inflorescence: [ spike], raceme, compound raceme, [ flowers 1]; bracts scale-like.
Flower: sepals 4–5, generally free, overlapping; petals 4–5, free, overlapping, generally attached below nectary; stamens 4–5[many], attached below or to nectary; ovary superior, 1-chambered, placentas basal or parietal, intrusive (simulating chambers) or not, ovules 2–many; styles [0,2]3–4[5].
Fruit: capsule, loculicidal.
Seed: many, hairy.
± 4 genera, 80 species: Eurasia, Africa. [Gaskin 2003 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 90:109–118] Often in saline habitats. —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.

Stem: young stems often ± pendent, slender, ± covered by leaves, hairy or glabrous.
Leaf: small, awl- or scale-like, sessile, generally ± clasping stem, generally encrusted with excreted salt.
Inflorescence: raceme or compound raceme on current or previous yr's twigs; bract generally ± clasping.
Flower: sepals 4–5, generally ± united at base, persistent; petals 4–5, free, deciduous to persistent, white, pink, red; stamens 4–5[15], free; nectary disk lobes 4–5[15], alternate or confluent with filaments; styles 3–4.
Fruit: valves ± lanceolate.
Seed: hairs in tuft at tip, > seed.
± 60 species: Eurasia, Africa. (Latin: Tamaris River, Spain) [Beauchamp et al. 2005 Plant & Soil 275:221–231] Invasive weeds with deep roots, especially along streams, irrigation canals. Most CA species originally cultivated for ornamental, windbreaks; some hybridize. Tamarix africana Poir. excluded.
Unabridged references: [Baum 1967 Baileya 15:19–25; Beauchamp et al. 2005 Plant & Soil 275 (1–2):221–231; Di Tomaso 1998 Weed Technology 12:326–336]

Large shrub or tree, < 25 m.
Leaf: united completely around stem (giving stem ± jointed appearance), ± 2 mm, ± mucronate.
Inflorescence: 2° raceme 2–6 cm; bract triangular, acuminate.
Flower: sepals 5, 1–1.5 mm, ± round, tip obtuse, entire; petals 5, 2–2.5 mm, oblong to elliptic; stamens 5, alternate nectary disk lobes.
Uncommon. Washes, roadsides; < 200 m. e South Coast, Desert;

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Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Map made in collaboration with Scott Loarie. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.