Salix sect. Cinerella

Seringe

Exempl. Rév. Salix, 2. 1824.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 126. Mentioned on page 94, 97.

Shrubs or trees, 0.3–20 m. Buds caprea-type. Leaves: stipules on late ones absent, minute rudiments, or foliaceous; largest medial blade 1.5–9 times as long as wide, adaxial surface not glaucous. Staminate flowers: filaments glabrous or hairy. Pistillate flowers: adaxial nectary shorter or longer than stipe; stipe 0.5–2.7 mm; ovary glabrous or sparsely to very densely hairy; stigmas slenderly to broadly cylindrical, 0.2–1 mm.

Distribution

North America, Eurasia, Africa.

Discussion

Species 37 (8 in the flora).

Selected References

None.