Salix variegata Franch.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs usually to 1 m tall. Branchlets pinkish purple, tomentose when young, glabrescent. Petiole short; leaf blade usually oblong-oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, variable, ca. 1.5 cm × 4 mm, abaxially appressed sericeous when mature, rarely subglabrous, adaxially pilose, base cuneate or attenuate, rarely cuneate-rounded, margin entire or serrate, apex acute or obtuse. Flowering serotinous, rarely coetaneous. Male catkin 1.5-2.5 cm × 3-4 mm; peduncle short, with 1 or 2 leaflets; bracts elliptic-lanceolate, ca. 1/2 as long as filaments, abaxially villous. Male flower: gland 1, cylindric, to 1 mm; stamens 2; filaments connate throughout, glabrous; anthers yellow. Female catkin 1.5-2.5 cm × 7-8 mm, to 4 × 1-1.2 cm in fruit, pedunculate; bracts as in male catkin. Female flower: gland adaxial; ovary ovoid, densely downy, sessile; style indistinct or absent; stigma 2-cleft. Capsule narrowly ovate, to 4 mm. Fl. Apr-May or Jul-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 0.75 - 1.0
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
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Distribution

Salix variegata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:779125-1
WFO ID wfo-0001134216
COL ID 79DM5
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Synonyms

Salix bockii Salix densifoliata Salix variegata Salix andropogon Salix duclouxii