Shrubs or trees, 1-6(-15) m. Buds caprea-type. Leaves: stipules on late ones rudimentary; largest medial blade 6.6-16.7-29 times as long as wide, adaxial surface not glaucous. Staminate flowers: filaments glabrous or hairy basally. Pistillate flowers: adaxial nectary shorter or longer than stipe; stipe 0.3-0.5 mm; ovary glabrous; stigmas slenderly cylindrical, 0.2-0.5 mm.

Species 1: introduced; Europe.

Lower Taxon

• Salix elaeagnos Scopoli