Family | SALICACEAE |
Genus species | Salix pyrenaica Gouan |
Bibliography | Ill. Observ. Bot.: 77 (1773) |
Native Range | Pyrenees |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-2500m |
Description | branchlets brown, leaves elliptic to obovate, 15-30mm, at base rounded, dully green, appressed hirsute, reticulate, catkins cylindrical, to 2cm long, scales rusty, hirsute |
Size | 30-50cm |
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 alpestris Andersson Salix x ambigua var. longifolia Schultz Salix blyttii A.Kern. Salix ciliata DC. Salix ovata Ser. Vimen pyrenaica (Gouan) Raf. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) |