Tamaricaceae
Saltcedar
Tamarix ramosissima
- Family
- Tamaricaceae
- Genus
- Tamarix
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Common names
By language (19)
- Azerbaijani
- Çoxbudaqlı yulğun
- Bulgarian
- Разклонена ракитовица
- Chinese
- 多枝柽柳, 红柳, 西河柳
- Czech
- Tamaryšek kaspický
- English
- Saltcedar, Pink tamarisk
- Finnish
- Syystamariski
- French
- Cèdre salé
- German
- Sommertamariske
- Hebrew
- אשל
- hsb
- Holanska tamariska
- Hungarian
- Szürke tamariska
- Japanese
- タマリクス・ラモシッシマ
- Kazakh
- Қызыл жыңғыл
- Persian
- گز پرشاخه
- Polish
- Tamaryszek rozgałęziony
- Romanian
- Cătină roșie
- Russian
- Гребенщик ветвистый, Гребенщик многоветвистый
- Swedish
- Hösttamarisk
- Ukrainian
- Тамарикс галузистий
Synonyms
- Tamarix altaica Nied.
- Tamarix eversmannii Presl ex Ledeb.
- Tamarix gallica var. micrantha Ledeb.
- Tamarix gallica var. vulgaris Ledeb.
- Tamarix odessana Steven ex Bunge
- Tamarix pallasii var. ramosissima (Ledeb.) Bunge
- Tamarix pallasii var. tigrensis Bunge
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yuriy Kvach, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: johnyochum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Arkadiusz Nowak, Marcin Nobis, Sylwia Nowak, Agnieszka Nobis, Anna Wróbel, Sebas, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sergei26320, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sergei26320, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Cowles, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.