Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix rotundifolia Trautv. |
Synonyms | Salix behringica Seemen |
Salix flabellinervis A.P.Khokhr. | |
Salix leiocarpa (Cham.) Coville | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | arctic-alpine |
Description | not rooting, leaves 1-2cm, coriaceous, orbiculate or ovate, rounded, entire, adaxially glabrous, dull green, abaxially pale, subglabrous, catkins terminal, minute |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | decumbent 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 |
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East (Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Montana , Wyoming) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SALICACEAE
rotundifolia dodgeana (Rydb.) Argus, Canad.J. Bot. 47: 795 (1969)
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