Salix subsect. Arbusculae (Hayek) Dorn

Shrubs or trees, 1-6 m. Buds alba-type. Leaves: stipules on late ones rudimentary or foliaceous; largest medial blade (hypostomatous to amphistomatous), 3-6.5 times as long as wide, adaxial surface not glaucous. Staminate flowers: filaments glabrous. Pistillate flowers: adaxial nectary equal to or longer than stipe; stipe 0.6-0.9 mm; ovary very densely short-silky; stigmas slenderly to broadly cylindrical, 0.16-0.29-0.44 mm.

Species 14 (1 in the flora): North America, Eurasia.

Lower Taxon

• Salix arbusculoides Andersson