Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix starkeana Willd. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 677 (1806) |
Native Range | Europe |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Description | branchlets thin, brown to yellow, leaves broadly obovate, abruptly acuminate, 5-7cm long, glabrous, adaxially reticulate, abaxially glaucous, catkins ca. 3cm long |
Size | 40-60cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in early summer and fall |
Synonyms | Salix foliosa Afzel. ex W.D.J.Koch Salix livida Wahlenb. Salix malifolia Besser Salix starkeana var. livida (Wahlenb.) Y.L.Chou & S.L.Tung Salix stenoclados Döll Salix sturneana Andrz. ex Trautv. Salix vagans f. elata Andersson Vimen starkeana (Willd.) Raf. |
Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland) 13 Southeastern Europe (ROM Romania) 14 Eastern Europe (BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) |