Salix psilostigma Andersson

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs, rarely small trees. Branchlets brown, pilose when young, glabrescent. Stipules on shoots obliquely semiovate-lanceolate; petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade lanceolate, rarely narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 4-8 × 1.5-2 cm, to 16 cm on shoots, abaxially white tomentose, adaxially green or dark green, tomentulose to subglabrous, base cuneate or cuneate-rounded, margin entire or indistinctly sparsely glandular serrate, apex acuminate, rarely acute; lateral veins more than 18 each side of abaxially raised midvein. Flowering coetaneous or slightly serotinous. Male catkin cylindric; 4-6 cm × ca. 8 mm; peduncle with 2-5 leaflets; bracts subobovate, both surfaces white downy, margin irregularly dentate, apex subtruncate. Male flower: adaxial and abaxial glands narrowly ovate; stamens 2; filaments distinct, downy nearly throughout, ca. 2 × as long as bracts; anthers yellow. Female catkin 6-8 × 0.8-1 cm. Female flower: gland adaxial; ovary ovoid, grayish white downy; style long, cleft to 2-parted; stigma shortly 2-cleft. Capsule narrowly ovoid, sessile. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Aug. 2n = 38.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Distribution

Salix psilostigma world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:778604-1
WFO ID wfo-0001134033
COL ID 6XDV2
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Synonyms

Salix psilostigma Salix eriophylla