Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Tamarix africana Poiret
Family : TAMARICACEAE
Genus : Tamarix
Catalan common name : Gatell. Tamarell. Tamaric.
Spanish common name : Tamarisco. Taray.
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Formentera. Ibiza. Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : West Mediterranean
Flowering time : March. April. May.
Life-forms : Caducifolious. Macrophanerophyte.
Habitat : Salt marshes near the sea.
Plants protected by law : Balearic Catalogue.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A bush or small tree of torrents and wet lands, has fairly thick inflorescences, almost a centimetre in width, a whitish colour that emerge on older branches; this character allows us to distinguish it from Tamarix anglica and Tamarix canariensis, which develop their inflorescences on young non-lignified branches. Flowers at beginning of spring.
