| Family | SALICACEAE |
| Genus species | Salix polaris Wahlenb. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Lapp.: 261 (1812) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to w. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Description | leaves suborbiculate, 5-15mm long, dark green, abaxially paler, entire, catkins spherical, scales dark purple, long hirsute |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 herbacea Sol. Salix polaris ssp. pseudopolaris (Flod.) Hultén Salix polaris var. selwynensis Raup Salix pseudopolaris Flod. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |