Shrub or small tree to several metres tall. Leaves bluish green 1.5-2.5 mm long, with narrow, papery edges. Flowers 5-parted in clusters 3-6 cm long, 6-9 mm wide. Bracts longer than the short flower stalks; spring. [T. gallica L.]
Source: (1997). Tamaricaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
