| Family | SALICACEAE |
| Genus species | Salix arctica Pall. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Ross. 1(2): 86 (1788) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to Xinjiang and nw. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | leaves thick, ovate to obovate, 15-50mm, obtuse, cuneate, petiolate, adaxially dark green, abaxially paler, reticulate, catkins to 5cm long, erect |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| 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 fall |
| Synonyms | Salix anglorum Cham. Salix anglorum var. antiplasta C.K.Schneid. Salix anglorum var. araioclada C.K.Schneid. Salix anglorum var. kophophylla C.K.Schneid. Salix arctica var. antiplasta (C.K.Schneid.) Fernald Salix arctica var. araioclada (C.K.Schneid.) Raup Salix arctica var. brownii Andersson Salix arctica f. diplodictya C.K.Schneid. Salix arctica var. graminifolia (E.H.Kelso) Kelso Salix arctica ssp. jamu-taridensis A.K.Skvortsov & V.V.Petrovsky Salix arctica var. kophophylla (C.K.Schneid.) Polunin Salix arctica f. latifolia Dusén Salix arctica var. subphylicifolia Andersson Salix arctica var. subpolaris Andersson Salix arctica var. subreticulata Andersson Salix arctica f. typica Harz Salix brachystachys var. crassijulis Andersson Salix brownei Lundstr. Salix brownii Bebb Salix diplodictya Trautv. Salix ehlei Flod. Salix islandica Gand. Salix taimyrensis Trautv. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FOR Fřroyar, ICE Iceland) 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WAS Washington) |