| Family | SALICACEAE |
| Genus species | Salix fruticulosa Andersson |
| Bibliography | J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4: 53 (1859) |
| Native Range | Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3200-5000m |
| Description | young branchlets yellow-brown, leaves petiolate, obovate-oblong to long elliptic, 4-10mm, abaxially grey, glabrous, adaxially green, dentate, catkins terminal |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| 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 brachista var. multiflora C.Wang & P.Y.Fu Salix chumulamanica Z.Wang Salix hylematica C.K.Schneid. Salix hylematica var. scopulicola (P.I.Mao & W.Z.Li) N.Chao & G.T.Gong Salix nelamunensis Z.Wang & P.Y.Fu Salix scopulicola P.I.Mao & W.A.Li Salix serpyllum Andersson |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |