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Revision as of 07:46, 5 May 2016
Common name: Prairie Willow
| Salix humilis | |
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| Salix humilis with Viceroy butterfly just enclosed from chrysalis. Wade Tract, GA. Photo by Kevin Robertson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Salicales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Genus: | Salix |
| Species: | S. humilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Salix humilis Marshall | |
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| Natural range of Salix humilis from the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Synonyms: Salix humilis var. humilis; S. humilis var. hyporhysa Fernald
Description
"Catkins firms, not pendulous. Staminate flower with 2-8 stamens subtended by 1 or 2 glands. Leaves usually more than 3X as long as wide; buds with 1 scale. Capsule basically ovoid." - Radford et al 1964
"Shrub; branchlets usually cinereous. Leaves glabrous above, glaucous and usually pubescent beneath, coarsely reticulate, oblanceolate, obovate, or elliptic, 1.5-11.5 cm long, 0.6-3 cm wide, acute or obtuse, entire or undulate-crenulate, revolute, base cuneate petioles usually pubescent, 1-9 mm long. Stamens 2, filaments glabrous. Fruiting catkins 1.5-3 cm long, 15-18 mm broad, subsessile; capsules grayish, pubescent, 7-9 mm long, pedicels 1-2 mm long." - Radford et al 1964
Distribution
Ecology
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 358. Print.
