Salix sect. Nigricantes

A. Kerner

Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 10: 235. 1860.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 125.

Shrubs or trees, 1–5 m. Buds caprea-type. Leaves: stipules on late ones foliaceous; largest medial blade 1–3 times as long as wide, adaxial surface not glaucous. Staminate flowers: filaments glabrous or hairy basally. Pistillate flowers: adaxial nectary shorter than stipe; stipe 0.8–3.5 mm; ovary glabrous or pubescent; stigmas broadly cylindrical, 0.3–0.6 mm.

Distribution

Introduced; Ont., Eurasia.

Discussion

Species 3 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa