Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix phlebophylla Andersson |
Bibliography | Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 15: 132 (1858) |
Native Range | Russian Far East to Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 0-2100m |
Description | leaves 10-16mm, obovate to oblanceolate, on both faces green, entire or shallowly dentate, petiolate, catkins cylindrical, bracts black, long hirsute |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
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 buxifolia Trautv. Salix retusa Hook. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |