Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix torulosa Ledeb. |
Bibliography | Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 2: 309 (1832) |
Native Range | s. Siberia, Kazakhstan, Xinjang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves thick, coriaceous, obovate or elliptic, 2-5cm, obtuse, entire, on base broadly cuneate, adaxially dark green, abaxially pale, catkins erect, to 5cm |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 in fall |
Synonyms | Salix altaica Lundstr. Salix arctica var. pallasii (Andersson) Kurtz Salix arctica ssp. torulosa (Ledeb.) Hultén Salix arctica var. torulosa (Ledeb.) Raup Salix pallasii Andersson |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |