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Salix starkeana Willd.  
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FamilySALICACEAE
Genus speciesSalix starkeana Willd. 
BibliographySp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 677 (1806)
Native RangeEurope
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatbogs, marshes
Descriptionbranchlets thin, brown to yellow, leaves broadly obovate, abruptly acuminate, 5-7cm long, glabrous, adaxially reticulate, abaxially glaucous, catkins ca. 3cm long
Size40-60cm
Color
Bloomspring
Ca
Typeshrub
Cultivationvery moist to boggy, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed when ripe or as soon as possible
cuttings in early summer and fall
SynonymsSalix 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.
Territory1 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)
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