Salt cedar is a small tree or shrub to 6 m (20 ft) tall, which is native to Asia and eastern Europe, but naturalized in much of the Western U. S. and northern Mexico. Flowers numerous, very small, crowded in racemes 2-5 cm (0.8-2 in) long, pink to whitish, blooming in Spring and Summer. Fruits numerous pointed reddish-brown capsules about 3 mm (1/8 in) long, maturing in late Summer or Fall.