Salix lemmonii

Bebb

Willows Calif., 88. 1879.

Common names: Lemmon’s willow
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 154. Mentioned on page 100, 107, 109, 136, 153, 155.

Plants 1.2–4 m, (sometimes forming clones by stem fragmentation). Stems: branches (sometimes highly brittle at base), yellow-brown or red-brown, not to sometimes strongly glaucous, (dull to slightly glossy), glabrous or puberulent at nodes; branchlets yellow-brown to red-brown, (weakly or strongly glaucous or not), puberulent, (buds alba-type or intermediate, scale inner membranaceous layer free, not separating from outer layer). Leaves: stipules absent or rudimentary on early ones, foliaceous on late ones, apex acute; petiole convex to flat adaxially, 5–16 mm, tomentose or velvety adaxially; largest medial blade (sometimes amphistomatous), lorate or very narrowly to narrowly elliptic, 44–110 × 6–22 mm, 3.4–9.9(–12) times as long as wide, base convex or cuneate, margins flat to slightly revolute, entire or shallowly serrulate, apex acuminate to acute, abaxial surface glaucous, sparsely short- or long-silky to glabrescent, hairs (white, also ferruginous), straight or wavy, adaxial slightly glossy, sparsely short-silky, (hairs also ferruginous); proximal blade margins entire or shallowly serrulate; juvenile blade reddish or yellowish green, densely long-silky abaxially, hairs white and ferruginous. Catkins flowering just before or, sometimes, as leaves emerge; staminate stout, (1.4–2.7–)16–28 × 9–17 mm, flowering branchlet 1–3 mm; pistillate loosely flowered, stout, (1.5–2.7–)19–44(–65 in fruit) × 10–18 mm, flowering branchlet 1–6 mm; floral bract brown or bicolor, 1.1–2.4 mm, apex rounded or convex, abaxially hairy, hairs straight. Staminate flowers: adaxial nectary narrowly oblong, oblong, or ovate, 0.3–0.9 mm; filaments distinct or connate less than 1/2 their lengths, glabrous or hairy on proximal 1/2 or basally; anthers yellow, ellipsoid, shortly cylindrical, or globose, 0.5–0.9 mm. Pistillate flowers: adaxial nectary oblong, narrowly oblong, or ovate, 0.4–1 mm; stipe 1.1–2.1 mm; ovary pyriform, beak sometimes slightly bulged below styles; ovules 12 per ovary; styles 0.3–1 mm; stigmas flat, abaxially non-papillate with rounded or pointed tip, 0.2–0.3–0.48 mm. Capsules 5–7 mm. 2n = 76.


Phenology: Flowering early Mar-late Jun.
Habitat: Streams, lakeshores, wet meadows, springs, old burns in subalpine conifer forests, sandy, granite substrates
Elevation: 1400-3500 m

Distribution

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B.C., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Wyo.

Discussion

See 85. Salix drummondiana for comments on differences.

Hybrids:

Salix lemmonii forms natural hybrids with S. geyeriana.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Salix lemmonii"
George W. Argus +
Salix sect. Vetrix +
Lemmon’s willow +
B.C. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +  and Wyo. +
1400-3500 m +
Streams, lakeshores, wet meadows, springs, old burns in subalpine conifer forests, sandy, granite substrates +
Flowering early Mar-late Jun. +
Willows Calif., +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Salix lemmonii +
Salix sect. Geyerianae +
species +