3. Salix wilhelmsiana M. Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 3: 627. 1819; Nazarov in Kom., Fl. URSS 5: 164. 1936; A.K. Skvortsov in Rech.f., Fl. Iran. 65: 40. 1969; R.R. Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. Kashm. 186. 1972; A.K. Skvortsov & Edmondson in P.H. Davis, Fl. Turk. 7: 716. 1982; F.Zhenfu, Z.Shidong & A.K. Skvortsov in Wu Zheng-Yi & P.H. Raven, Fl. China 4: 265. 1999.(Fig.1, A-E).
S. angustifolia Willd., Sp. Pl. 4.2: 699. 1806 non Wulfen 1789; Boiss., Fl. Or. 4: 1187. 1879; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 636. 1888; S. dracunculifolia Boiss., Oiagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 1.7: 99. 1846.
Shrub or small tree, up to 7 m tall. Branches slender, long, blackish to greyish brown, pubescent or silky, rarely glabrate. Leaf exstipulate; petiole 1-2 mm; lamina linear-lanceolate, 2-4 cm x 0.2-0.3 (-0.5) cm, entire or finely glandular serrate, hairy on both surfaces becoming glabrescent, tip acute. Catkins appearing with or after leaves. Male 12-25 x 5-6 mm. Stamens 2, filaments connate throughout, glabrous; bracts hairy, 1-2 mm long; gland 1 adaxial. Female catkin 1.5-3 x 0.7-0.8 cm in fruit, shortly pedunculate with leaflets at the base. Female flower: gland adaxial; ovary sessile, tomentose; style short, stigma entire or bilobed. Capsule 3-4 mm, sericeous, sessile.
Fl.Per: May-June.
Type: Iberia, Wilhelms (LE).
Distribution: Iran, Oman, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Gilgit, Hunza), Kashmir, Kirghistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakstan, China (Gansu, Nei Mongolia, Ningxia, XinjiAng), S.W. Asia, Europe (F. Zhenfu, Z.Shidong & A.K. Skvortsov, 1999).
It is reputed to be an excellent material for basketry and wicker work.
