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Salix yadongensis N. Chao

亚东毛柳

Description from Flora of China

Salix bhutanensis Floderus var. yadongensis (N. Chao) N. Chao.

Shrubs or small trees. Juvenile branchlets densely tomentose, slightly brownish green. Stipules ovate; petiole short, tomentose; leaf blade elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 5-7 × 2(-3) cm, abaxially whitish, ± pilose, at least along midvein, adaxially grass green, base rounded, margin entire or indistinctly serrate, apex acute. Male catkin unknown. Female catkin terete, 4-5 × ca. 1 cm; peduncle long, with 3-5 leaflets; bracts obovate, pilose only abaxially at base, margin usually irregularly dentate, apex truncate. Female flower: adaxial gland shortly ligulate, ca. as long as or shorter than stipe; ovary cylindric-ovoid, pilose, long stipitate; style 1/3-1/2 as long as ovary. Fl. May-Jun.

Similar to Salix trichocarpa but bracts obovate, base pilose abaxially, margin usually irregularly dentate, ciliate, apex truncate; style shorter; ovary oblong-ovoid.

* Riversides; circa 2800 m. S Xizang (Yadong Xian)


 

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