Flora of North America species comparison

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Salix sect. Phylicifoliae
Habit Shrubs or trees, 0.1–9 m. Buds arctica- or caprea-type, or intermediate.
Leaves

stipules on late ones absent, rudimentary, or foliaceous;

largest medial blade (sometimes amphistomatous), 1.5–11 times as long as wide, adaxial surface not glaucous.
Staminate flowers

filaments glabrous or hairy basally.
Pistillate flowers

adaxial nectary shorter than, equal to, or longer than stipe;

stipe 0.2–2 mm;

ovary sparsely to very densely silky;

stigmas with flat, non-papillate abaxial surface, or stigmas cylindrical, 0.3–1.1 mm.

Salix sect. Phylicifoliae
Distribution
North America; Eurasia
Discussion

Species 11 (5 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 7, p. 135.
Parent taxa Salicaceae > Salix > subg. Vetrix
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms family S. tribe Phylicifoliae, S. subsection Bicolores
Name authority (Fries) Andersson: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 240. (1868)
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