| Family | SALICACEAE |
| Genus species | Salix caesia Vill. |
| Bibliography | Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 3(2): 768 (1789) |
| Native Range | Alps, Central Asia to Mongolia and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Altitude | 1500-4000m |
| Description | branchlets reddish, leaves ovate to lanceolate, 2-7mm long, abaxially grey-white, adaxially green, entire, catkins short, thick, bracts densely grey-pubescent, obtuse |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in early summer and fall |
| Synonyms | Salix caesia var. macrophylla Gaudin Salix caesia var. pubescens Turcz. Salix divergens Andersson Salix minutiflora Turcz. ex E.L.Wolf Salix minutilfora var. pubescens (Turcz.) E.L.Wolf Salix minutiflora var. subsessilis E.L.Wolf Salix myricifolia Andersson Salix myrtilloides Willd. Salix prostrata Ehrh. Salix prostrata var. macrophylla Ser. Salix pubescens ((Turcz.) K.S.Hao Salix sibirica var. glabra Ledeb. Salix tuvinensis Gudoshn. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |