Salix lanata
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Salix lanata, the woolly willow, is a subarctic species of willow native to Iceland, the Faeroe Islands and Finland, through to eastern Siberia. In Scotland it can be found in only a few localities of Perthshire, Angus and Aberdeenshire, generally on rocky mountain sides at altitudes of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
Description
Salix lanata is a low, many-branched, deciduous shrub, generally less than Script error: No such module "convert". high by Script error: No such module "convert". broad. The new twigs are hairy at first, soon becoming hairless and brown. The grey-green leaves are rather variable, but generally ovate up to Script error: No such module "convert". long by up to Script error: No such module "convert". wide, covered in silvery-grey "wool" to begin with but less so with age. The leaf margins are usually entire.
The catkins appear in summer (May to July), with male and female catkins on separate plants (like all willows this species is dioecious). The female catkins are densely hairy. The petioles are usually less than 1 cm long, and the stipules usually 1 cm long by 0.6 cm wide, and persistent.[1][2][3]
The texture, colour and compact nature of this plant, together with its extreme hardiness, make it a valuable plant for cultivation. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
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Upper surface of leaf, also showing stipules
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Leaf petiole
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Lower surface of leaf
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Female catkin
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Salix lanata leaves
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- Salix
- Flora of the Arctic
- Flora of Scotland
- Flora of Norway
- Flora of Sweden
- Flora of Finland
- Flora of Russia
- Flora of the Faroe Islands
- Flora of Canada
- Flora of Alaska
- Flora of the Great Lakes region (North America)
- Flora of Michigan
- Plants described in 1753
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status