Tamarix parviflora
ζ*T. parviflora DC. ζ*, tamarisk, has been recently collected apparently wild on the Kaikoura coast, Marlborough, where a few scattered young bushes grew in a depression just behind sand dunes in an area distant from habitations. A medium-sized shrub usually 1.5-2.5 m high, flowering in spring just before the lvs are produced; fls 5-merous, pink, in racemes on the previous season's shoots. This is a commonly cultivated sp. in many areas of the country and like many Tamarix spp. can tolerate considerable exposure to salt-laden wind. (S.E. Europe, Asia Minor, 1988).
