多花小垫柳 duo hua xiao dian liu

Salix brachista C. K. Schneider var. multiflora C. Wang & P. Y. Fu; S. chumulamanica C. Wang & P. Y. Fu; S. nelamunensis C. Wang & P. Y. Fu.

Shrubs creeping, to 3 cm tall. Juvenile branchlets yellowish brown, slender, sparsely pubescent. Buds small, pilose. Leaves petiolate; leaf blade obovate-oblong or long elliptic, 4-10 × 1-4 mm, abaxially glaucous, glabrous, adaxially green, glabrous, base attenuate, margin 7-9-dentate distally, entire proximally and when young, apex obtuse; midvein raised abaxially. Flowering coetaneous. Catkins terminal, ca. 1 cm, many flowered; rachis pubescent; bracts obovate, ciliate or glabrous, apex rounded, sometimes retuse. Male flower: adaxial gland nearly equal to abaxial gland, sometimes 2-cleft; stamens 2, basally pubescent; anthers oblong. Fruiting catkin to 5 cm × 7 mm. Female flower: adaxial gland cylindric, ca. 1/3 as long as bracts; ovary ovoid-cylindric, glabrous, sessile; style conspicuous; stigma oblong, 2-cleft. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul.

Mountain slopes, river margins; 3200-4500 m. Xizang [Bhutan, N India, Nepal, Sikkim]