| Family | SALICACEAE |
| Genus species | Salix opsimantha C.K.Schneid. |
| Bibliography | Pl. Wilson. [G.C.Sargent] 3: 63 (1916) |
| Native Range | sc. China to e. Tibet |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3200-4800m |
| Description | branchlets brown, leaves petiolate, elliptic to oblong, 1-4cm, green, glabrous, obscurely glandular-serrate, acute or obtuse, catkins cylindrical, 2-3cm long |
| Size | 30-50cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Salix alexeii Kottaim. Salix annulifera var. glabra P.I.Mao & W.Z.Li Salix elongata L.He & Z.X.Zhang Salix faxoniana C.K.Schneid. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |