Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix chamissonis Andersson |
Synonyms | Salix kingoi Kimura |
Salix myrsinites Cham. | |
Salix pulchroides Kimura | |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
Description | branchlets yellow-green, leaves very thin, nearly translucent, obovate, 15-30mm, obtuse, glandular-serrate, catkins cylindrical, 3-4cm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub, carpet |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in early summer and fall |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Magadan , Sakhalin ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SALICACEAE
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