Salix macroblasta C.K.Schneid.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs to 6 m tall. Branchlets yellowish brown, sparsely villous when young, glabrescent. Buds yellowish red, oblong, usually longer than petiole, glabrous or subglabrous. Petiole 1-3 mm, pilose; leaf blade lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 1.4-4(-5) × 0.5-1.2(-2) cm, abaxially glaucous, adaxially dull green, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin entire, apex acute or acuminate. Male catkin unknown. Female catkin cylindric, 2.5-3 cm × ca. 6 mm, densely flowered; peduncle conspicuous, with 4 leaflets often deciduous in fruit; rachis villous; bracts brown, obovate-oblong or obovate, glabrous. Female flower: adaxial gland ovate-oblong; ovary ovoid-cylindric, glabrous, subsessile; style very short; stigma lobed. Capsule oblong, ca. 4 mm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 6.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Distribution

Salix macroblasta world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:778113-1
WFO ID wfo-0001133927
COL ID 6XBZ8
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Synonyms

Salix macroblasta