| Family | SALICACEAE |
| Genus species | Salix breviserrata Flod. |
| Bibliography | Ark. Bot. 29A(18): 44 (1940) |
| Native Range | Alps, Pyrenees to nw. Spain, Apennines |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1700-2400m |
| Description | leaves 2-5cm long, lanceolate or elliptic, acute, at base rounded, dentate-serrate, glabrous, shortly petiolate, catkins 3cm long, terminal, long pedicellate |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 in fall |
| Synonyms | Salix arbutifolia Willd. Salix arbutifolia var. angusta Ser. Salix arbutifolia var. leiocarpa Ser. Salix arbutifolia var. macrostachia Ser. Salix arbutifolia var. pilosa Ser. Salix breviserrata ssp. fontqueri T.E.Díaz & al. Salix breviserrata ssp. picoeuropeana (M.Laínz) Rech.f. Salix hastata ssp. picoeuropeana (M.Laínz) T.E.Díaz & al. Salix hastatella ssp. picoeuropeana (M.Laínz) Rivas Mart. & al. Salix myrsinites ssp. breviserrata (Flod.) A.E.Murray Salix myrsinites var. serrata Neilr. Salix repens ssp. picoeuropeana M.Laínz |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |