Tamarix laxaWilld.

WFO wfo-0000458673 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Tamarix laxa, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. a Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-06 / obs. 132189427
Tamarix laxa, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. b Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132148355
Tamarix laxa, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. c Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132147405
Tamarix laxa, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. d Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132141331
Tamarix laxa, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. e Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100093543
Tamarix laxa, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. f Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100093550
Tamarix laxa, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. g Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100093552
Tamarix laxa, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. h Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132189511

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Tamarix laxa is native: Afghanistan, Altay, China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, South European Russia AfghanistanAltayChina North-CentralInner MongoliaIranKazakhstanKirgizstanMongoliaNorth CaucasusQinghaiTadzhikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangSouth European Russia
Native distribution of Tamarix laxa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
China North-Central CHN
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Qinghai CHQ
Tadzhikistan TZK
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
South European Russia RUS EUROPE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Tamarix laxa var. laxa
  • Tamarix pallasii Desv.
  • Tamarix polystachya Ledeb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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