《中国植物志》|| 柽柳科 TAMARICACEAE ||水柏枝属 Myricaria Desv. ||卧生水柏枝 Myricaria rosea W. W. Sm.

2.卧生水柏枝（中国高等植物图鉴）图版46：6-9
Myricaria rosea W. W. Sm. in Notes Bot. Gard. Edinb. 10: 52. 1917; Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: .373. 1931; 中国高等植物图鉴2: 897,图3523. 1972; P. Y. Zhang et Y. J. Zhang in Bull. Bot. Res. 4 (2): 72. 1984.
仰卧灌木，高约1米，多分枝；老枝平卧，红褐色或紫褐色，具条纹，幼枝直立或斜升， 淡绿色。叶披针形、线状披针形或卵状披针形，呈镰刀状弯曲，长5-8（-15)毫米，宽1-2毫米，先端钝或锐尖，基部略狭，缩，常具狭膜质边；叶腋常生绿色小枝，小枝上的叶较小。总状花序顶生，密集近穗状；花序枝常高出叶枝，粗壮，黄绿色或淡紫红色，下部疏生线状披针形或卵状披针形的苞片，苞片叶状，黄绿色，长7-15毫米，宽约2毫米；花下的苞片披针形，长6-10毫米，宽2毫米，等于或稍超过花瓣；花梗长约2毫米；萼片线状披针形或卵状披针形，长2-4毫米，宽1-1.5毫米，稍短于花瓣，先端锐尖，具狭或宽的膜质边；花瓣狭倒卵形或长椭.圆形，长5-7毫米，宽2-4毫米，凋存，粉红色或紫红色；花丝1/2或2/3部分合生，短于花瓣；子房圆锥形，长3-6毫米。蒴果狭圆锥形，长8-10（-15）毫米，三瓣裂。种子具芒柱，芒柱几全部被白色长柔毛。花期5-7月，果期7-8月。
产西藏东南部、云南西北部。生于砾石质山坡，砂砾质河滩草地以及高山河谷冰川冲积地，海拔2600-4600米。尼泊尔、锡金、不丹、印度（西北部）也有分布。模式标本采自云南西北部。

《云南植物志》|| 柽柳科 Tamaricaceae ||水柏枝属 Myricaria Desv. ||卧生水柏枝 Myricaria rosea W. W. Smith

3.卧生水柏枝（图鉴）
Myricaria rosea W. W. Smith (1917); Hand.-Mazz. (1931); Hara (1971), (1972), (1975), (1979); 中国高等植物图鉴 (1972)*; P. Y. Zhang et Y. J. Zhang (1984); 云南种子植物名录 (1984); 西藏植物志 (1986)*; 中国植物志 (1990)*; 横断山区维管植物 (1993).
Myricaria prostrata Hook. f. et Thoms. ex Benth. et Hook. f (1861) p. p.; M. germanica Desv. var. prostrata (Benth. et Hook. f.) Dyer (1 874)p. p.; Hara (1963), (1966).
匍匐灌木；老枝暗紫色或褐色，当年枝绿色。叶长圆状披针形至条状长圆形，长4—12毫米，先端锐尖或钝尖。花序顶生，粗而短，长约3厘米，果时长达7厘米；苞片长圆状披针形，长4—11毫米，宽达3毫米，先端尖，具有窄而透明的膜质边缘；萼片长圆状披针形，长3—6毫米；花瓣粉红色至紫红色，倒卵状长圆形或匙状长圆形，长5—10毫米；雄蕊10枚，花丝1/2合生。蒴果狭圆锥状，长11—13毫米。种子长圆形，长1.5—2毫米，顶端具被毛的芒柱。花果期5—8月。
产丽江、德钦；生于海拔3750—4200米的山坡；西藏有分布。

《Flora of China》|| Tamaricaceae || Myricaria ||卧生水柏枝 Myricaria rosea

2. Myricaria rosea W. W. Smith, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 10: 52. 1917.

卧生水柏枝 wo sheng shui bai zhi

Shrubs recumbent, ca. 1 m tall, much branched. Old branches recumbent, red-brown or purple-brown; young branches erect or oblique, ascending, greenish. Leaves lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, falcately curved, 5-8(-15) × 1-2 mm, base slightly narrow, margin narrowly membranous, apex obtuse or acute; green branchlets often in leaf axils; leaves on such branchlets smaller. Racemes terminal, clustered into spikes; inflorescence branches yellow-green or purplish red, often exceeding leafy branches, robust, with sparse linear-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate bracts in lower part; bracts yellow-green, leaflike, 7-15 × ca. 2 mm; bracts under flowers lanceolate, 6-10 × ca. 2 mm, equaling or slightly exceeding petals. Pedicels ca. 2 mm. Sepals linear-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2-4(-6) × 1-1.5 mm, slightly shorter than petals, margin narrowly membranous, apex acute. Petals pink or purple-red, narrowly obovate or narrowly elliptic, 5-7 × 2-4 mm, withering and persistent. Filaments ca. 1/2 or 2/3 united, shorter than petals. Ovary conic, 3-6 mm. Capsule narrowly conic, 8-10(-15) mm, 3-septicidal. Seeds awned; awns white villous nearly throughout. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.

Rocky mountain slopes, riversides in high mountains; 2600-4600 m. SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal].