Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix brachycarpa Nutt. |
Synonyms | Salix stricta (Andersson) Rydb. |
Habitat | scree |
Description | branchlets yellowish, leaves oval to obovate, 1-2cm long, acute, shortly petiolate, entire, on both faces grey-green, hirsute, catkins spherical, 15-20mm broad |
Size | 50-100cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | erect shrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in early summer and fall |
Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Nunavut , Northwest Territories ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SALICACEAE
brachycarpa psammophila Raup, J. Arnold Arbor. 17: 230 (1936)
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