Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix oreophila Hook.f. ex Andersson |
Bibliography | J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 57 (1859) |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4000-4600m |
Description | branchlets rusty brown, glabrous, leaves oblong to obovate, 5-7mm, adaxially green, glabrous, with 3-5 distinct teeth, catkins terminal, spherical, bracts narrow |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in early summer and fall |
Synonyms | Salix hirticaulis Hand.-Mazz. Salix secta Hook.f. ex Andersson |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |