| Family | SALICACEAE |
| Genus species | Salix petrophila Rydb. |
| Bibliography | Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 268 (1899) |
| Native Range | w. Canada to w. USA and New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1700-4000m |
| Description | leaves 1-3cm long, obtuse, glabrous, entire, abaxially pale, distinctly veined, catkins 2-3cm long, bracts blackish, obovate, sparsely sericeous hirsute |
| Size | 3-10cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 anglorum var. antiplasta C.K.Schneid. Salix anglorum f. caespitosa (P.B.Kenn.) C.R.Ball Salix arctica var. caespitosa (P.B.Kenn.) Kelso Salix arctica var. graminifolia (E.H.Kelso) Kelso Salix arctica var. petraea Andersson Salxi arctica var. petrophila (Rydb.) Kelso Salix brownei var. petraea (Andersson) Bebb Salix caespitosa P.B.Kenn. Salix petrophila var. caespitosa (P.B.Kenn.) C.K.Schneid. Salix petrophila f. graminifolia E.H.Kelso |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |