Salix Salix, L.

59. S. lapponum L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 1019 (1753).

Indumentum, especially of leaves and ovary, less dense than in 58, grey. Leaves crowded at ends of twigs, elliptical or broadly lanceolate, usually broadest near the middle, tapering gradually or abruptly at the base, moderately hairy above, and therefore the upper and lower surfaces almost concolorous. Catkins stout, dense-flowered, scarcely becoming laxer when ripe, sessile, with caducous leaves at base. Ovary very long, silky with crisped and patent hairs; style 1 -2-2- 5 mm, filiform, as long as ovary; stigma scarcely emarginate. N. Europe, extending southwards locally in the mountains to the Pyrenees and Bulgaria. Br Bu Cz Fe Ga Hs No Po Rs (N, B) Su.