| Family | SALICACEAE |
| Genus species | Salix vestita Pursh |
| Synonyms | Salix erecta Ledeb. ex Nasarow |
| Salix fernaldii Blank. | |
| Salix leiolepis Fernald | |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 0-2000m |
| Description | leaves obovate or elliptic, 4-8cm, obtuse, cuneate, crenate, dark green, distinctly reticulate, abaxially densely white hirsute, long petiolate, catkins to 2cm long |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| 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
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , Yakutskiya ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia Northern America Subarctic America (Nunavut ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Montana , Oregon , Washington) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | SALICACEAE
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