Tamarix laxa Willd.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Tamaricaceae// Genus: Tamarix// Species: Tamarix laxa Willd.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Baum (1968 in Tutin et al.) and Micevski (1995).

Lifeform: Perrenial, shrub – microphanerophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from South European Russia to Southwest Siberia and Noth China according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew). Also native to North Macedonia according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Villar, 2017+) and Micevski (1995).

Habitat: Found near bodies of water- streams, rivers, water channels, ruderal areas.

Flowering period:  Spring: APR, MAY.

Locality: Village of Tursko Rudari. Date: 13.04.2024.

Tamarix laxa – habit. Village of Tursko Rudari, 13.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – flowering branch. Village of Tursko Rudari, 13.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – inflorescences – racemes with flowers. Village of Tursko Rudari, 13.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – raceme with flowers. Village of Tursko Rudari, 13.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – racemes with flowers. Village of Tursko Rudari, 13.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – raceme with flowers. Village of Tursko Rudari, 13.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – twig with leaves. Village of Tursko Rudari, 13.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – racemes with flowers and twigs with leaves. Village of Tursko Rudari, 13.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – twigs with leaves. Village of Tursko Rudari, 13.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – twigs with leaves. Village of Tursko Rudari, 13.04.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – raceme and flowers. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Village of Tursko Rudari. Date: 21.05.2022.

Tamarix laxa – habit. Village of Tursko Rudari, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – branch with inflorescences. Village of Tursko Rudari, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – branch with inflorescences. Village of Tursko Rudari, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – inflorescences. Village of Tursko Rudari, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – twig. Village of Tursko Rudari, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – branch. Village of Tursko Rudari, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tamarix laxa – branches. Village of Tursko Rudari, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Baum, B. 1968. Tamarix L. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 292–294.

Micevski, K. 1995. Tamarix L., The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I. Book 3. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 745–749.

Tamarix laxa Willd. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:828146-1 [Accessed 12.06.2022].

Tamarix laxa. Source: Villar, J. L. (2017+): Tamarix. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8863a366-6d2b-4f00-8c6f-b90a19f68adb [Accessed 12.06.2022].

Last update: 16.12.2024.