Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix serpyllifolia Scop. |
Bibliography | Fl. Carniol., ed. 2. 2: 255 (1772) |
Native Range | Alps to w. Balkan Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1800-3200m |
Description | leaves minute, oval to orbiculate, tapered to acute apex, subdenticulate, dark shiny green, catkins cylindrical, yellow |
Size | 1-2cm |
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 | Oisodix serpyllifolia (Scop.) Raf. Salix retusa var. serpyllifolia (Scop.) Wahlenb. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |