Common name: Late Tamarisk
Family: Tamaricaceae
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Country of Origin: southern Europe, northern Africa and temperate Asia
Description: This open, deciduous, elegant shrub grows to about 15 ft (4.5 m) with a spread of about 10 ft (3 m). Fully frost hardy, it carries tiny blue-green leaves on dark red-brown stems. The trunk and branches are also a dark red-brown. Clusters up to 6 in (15 cm) long of profuse, small, pink flowers are borne in upright plumes during late summer and early fall (autumn).
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USDA Zone: 2-10
Source: Forest Farm
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- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
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- Family: Tamaricaceae
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References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
- Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
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