Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix pyrenaica Gouan |
Synonyms | Salix alpestris Andersson |
Salix blyttii A.Kern. | |
Salix ciliata DC. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-2500m |
Description | branchlets brown, leaves elliptic to obovate, 15-30mm, at base rounded, dully green, appressed hirsute, reticulate, catkins cylindrical, to 2cm long, scales rusty, hirsute |
Size | 30-50cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | decumbent shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in early summer and fall |
Territory |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (France , Spain) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SALICACEAE
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