台高山柳 tai wan shan liu

Salix chingshuishanensis S. S. Ying.

Shrubs low, to 30 cm tall, much branched. Branchlets brown pubescent. Stipules ovate, small, deciduous; petiole ca. 7 mm; leaf blade elliptic to oblong-elliptic or obovate, 2-4 × 1-2 cm, abaxially densely pubescent, adaxially sparsely pubescent, base acute or obtuse, margin slightly serrulate distally, entire proximally, apex acute or shortly acuminate; lateral veins 7 on each side of midvein. Male catkin unknown. Fruiting catkin circa 3 × 1.5 cm; peduncle 4-8 mm, with elliptic to lanceolate leaflets; bracts lanceolate-oblong. Female flower: ovary dark red, narrowly ovoid-conical, pubescent; stipe 1-2 mm; style short; stigma short, 2-cleft. Capsule circa 6.5 mm, pilose

* Mountain slopes and summits; 2400-3900 m. Taiwan.