Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix reptans Rupr. |
Bibliography | Fl. Samojed. Cisural. 54 (1845) |
Native Range | Subarctic Eurasia |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | branchlets green to red, leaves ovate or lanceolate, 2-3cm long, cuneate, dully green, abaxially grey-green, reticulate, catkins to 5cm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
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 eriocaulos Lundstr. |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) |