Myricaria germanica aka German False Tamarisk

Myricaria germanica is a shrub in the Tamaricaceae family. It has the common names false tamarisk and German tamarisk. The RHS accepts Myricaria germanica as the correct scientific name. It also gives the name Tamarix germanica as a synonym. A synonym is a second name for the same species. These two scientific names thus refer to one species, not two.

Kew gives its native range as Crimea to southwestern Siberia. It also places it in western and northern China. Kew says the plant comes from a temperate climate. Plants For A Future lists a wider range in Europe. Its list includes Norway, Sweden and Finland in the north. It also names France, Spain and Italy. Germany and Austria appear on the list, as does Switzerland. Poland, Hungary and Romania are on that list too. The RHS says it is not native to Britain or Ireland.

Plants For A Future gives this species USDA hardiness zones 5–9. The supplied facts give no height for a full-grown plant. They give no spread, or width, for one either. They also give no details on its leaves or bark. The same gaps apply to its flowers and fruit. The text does not state when this species blooms. Nor does it say which garden soil the plant prefers. The hardiness zones do not fill these gaps in the supplied facts.

The source text has many notes on care and uses. Those notes concern Myricaria squamosa, which is a different taxon. They do not concern the species described here, M. germanica. The notes therefore cannot show what care this species needs. Nor can they show what uses this species has. The two names refer to different plants in this case. They are not two names for the same species.

The facts for M. germanica do not show whether people can eat it. They do not show whether it is toxic, either. They also do not show that it has medicinal value. The text names no pests or diseases for this species. Nor does it give specific uses in a garden or landscape. These gaps leave its uses and safety unclear in the supplied text.