| Family | SALICACEAE |
| Genus species | Salix richardsonii Hook. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 147 (1838) |
| Native Range | e. Siberia to Subarctic America and w. & c. Canada |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | branches grey tomentose, leaves 2-3cm, distinctly veined, ovate-elliptic, entire, glabrous, adaxially green, abaxially pale, catkins sessile, ultimate, hirsute, erect, terete |
| Size | 40-95cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| 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 in fall |
| Synonyms | Salix americana f. richardsonii (Hook.) Andersson Salix lanata f. richardsonii (Hook.) Andersson Salix lanata ssp. richardsonii (Hook.) A.K.Skvortsov Salix richardsonii var. mckeandii Polunin |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba) |