Cottonwood

Тополь

Trees of small or medium size, 4-7 m. Leaves entire, leathery, kidney shaped, with grey coating. Petiole cylindrical. Young leaves densely pubescent. Heat and salt resistant, very ornamental. Z 6 (5). New.

Central Asia (basin of the Syr-Darya and Amy-Darya rivers, Pamiro Alay, mountains of Turkmenia). On sandy, often saline soil, along streams in desert.