Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix sphenophylla A.K.Skvortsov |
Synonyms | Salix cuneata Turcz. ex Ledeb. |
Salix psilostachya Turcz. ex Nasarow | |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | arctic-alpine |
Description | young branchlets pale yellow, glabrous, leaves oblong-obovate, glabrous, adaxially pale green, abaxially grey, petiolate, distinctly reticulate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub, carpet |
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 (Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SALICACEAE
sphenophylla pseudotorulosa A.K.Skvortsov, Sched. Herb. Fl. Ross.16: 62 (1966)
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