| Family | SALICACEAE |
| Genus species | Salix rotundifolia Trautv. |
| Bibliography | Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou II: 304 (1832) |
| Native Range | e. Siberia to n. Russian Far East, Subarctic America to nw. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | not rooting, leaves 1-2cm, coriaceous, orbiculate or ovate, rounded, entire, adaxially glabrous, dull green, abaxially pale, subglabrous, catkins terminal, minute |
| 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 behringica Seemen Salix darpirensis Jurtzev & A.P.Khokhr. Salix dodgeana f. subrariflora Kelso Salix dodgeana var. subrariflora (Kelso) Kelso Salix flabellinervis A.P.Khokhr. Salix herbacea Schrenk Salix leiocarpa (Cham.) Coville Salix pilosiuscula (C.K.Schneid.) B.Boivin Salix polaris var. leiocarpa Cham. Salix rotundifolia f. pilosiuscula C.K.Schneid. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) |