| Family | SALICACEAE |
| Genus species | Salix polaris Wahlenb. |
| Synonyms | Salix herbacea Sol. |
| Salix pseudopolaris Flod. | |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | arctic-subarctic |
| Description | leaves suborbiculate, 5-15mm long, dark green, abaxially paler, entire, catkins spherical, scales dark purple, long hirsute |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | procumbent shrub |
| 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 |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Eastern Europe (Central European Russia , North European Russia , Northwest European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Kuril Is. , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | SALICACEAE
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