水柳 shui liu

Pleiarina warburgii (Seemen) N. Chao & G. T. Gong; Salix glandulosa Seemen var. warburgii (Seemen) Koidzumi.

Trees small. Young branchlets slightly pilose. Stipules small (those of shoots large), reniform-ovate, caducous, margin serrate, apex acuminate; petiole 5-10 cm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic or elliptic, 4-6 × 1.2-2.2 cm, abaxially whitish or glaucous, glabrous, adaxially green, base broadly cuneate, margin serrulate, apex acute or obtuse, rarely acuminate. Male catkin to 5 cm, densely flowered; peduncle long, with 3-5 leaflets; rachis villous; bracts subovate or elliptic, ca. 1.5 mm, abaxially pilose, adaxially downy only proximally. Male flower: adaxial gland shortly terete, abaxial gland usually 2-cleft; stamens 3-6. Female catkin laxly flowered; bracts elliptic, ca. 1.6 mm, subglabrous, margin ciliate. Female flower: adaxial gland shortly cylindric; ovary ovoid-ellipsoid, ca. 3 mm, glabrous; stipe ca. 1 mm; Fl. Jan-Mar, fr. Apr.

* Among shrubs, near water. Taiwan