Salix

Distribution: Kashmir; alpine level. 

Shrub up to 5-20 cm tall. Yellow branches. Leaves to 3 cm long, elliptic. Catkins in spring.

Distribution: circumpolar region in Europe and North America. 

Creeping shrublet up to 3-7 cm tall. Leaves to 2 cm long. Flowers red, in catkins. Fl. V.

Distribution: mountains of Europe, Asia and North America, subalpine and alpine level; rocks, alpine grasslands, on limestone.

Shrub up to some cm high. Leaves 1.5-2 cm long, rounded. Cutkins VII-VIII.

 

Geographische Verbreitung: Gebirge von Europa, Asien und Nordamerika; subalpine und alpine Stufe, Felsen, alpine Wiesen, auf Kalkstein.

 

Strauch bis zu einigen cm hoch. Blätter 1,5-2 cm lang, oval bis rundlich. Kätzchen VII-VIII.

 

(syn. S. kitaibeliana)

Distribution: mountains of Europe; rocks, turfs, limestone ground.

Shrublet with long, glabrous, lustrous, prostrate stems and short, branched twigs. Leaves thick, obovate, blade 1-2.5 cm long. Male and female catkins on separate plants. 

Distribution: C and SE Europe, 1800-3200 m above sea level; scree, rocks.

Shrub with procumbens stems 1-2 cm high. Leaves small, spatulate to oval, dark green, lustrous. Catkins cylindrical, appearing after leaves. Flowers yellow. Fl. spring.

 

Geographische Verbreitung: C- und SE-Europa, 1800-3200 m über dem Meeresspiegel; Geröll, Felsen.

 

Strauch mit kriechenden Stämmen, 1-2 cm hoch. Blätter klein, spatelförmig bis oval, dunkelgrün, glänzend. Kätzchen zylindrisch, nach Blätternentwicklung erscheinen. Blüten gelb. Blütezeit Im Frühling.