Salix Salix, Wahlenb.
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8. S. polaris Wahlenb. View in CoL , FI. Lapp. 261 (1812).
D w arf shrub, stems underground, aerial twigs very slender. Leaves 1-5 x 1-2 cm, broadly elliptical, dark green, very shiny above, paler green beneath, entire or shallowly sinuate near base; lateral veins 3-4 pairs, slightly reticulate; petiole relatively long. Stipules absent. Catkins c. 15-flowered. Bracts firm, rather large, more or less urceolate, purplish-black, with rather dense long straight hairs. Filaments purple, smooth. Ovary subsessile, hairy; style long. Arctic Europe, southwards to 60° N. in Norway. Fe N o Rs (N), Sb Su.
Hybridizes freely with S. herbacea in N. Fennoscandia.
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Salix Salix
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
S. polaris
| Wahlenb. 1812: 261 |