Salix pedicellata, Desf.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 49

34. S. pedicellata Desf. , FI. Atl. 2: 362 (1799).

Tall shrub or tree up to 10 m. Decorticated wood with numerous prominent ridges. Young twigs grey-tomentose, older ones gradually glabrescent. Leaves oblong or obovate-lanceolate, dentate, crenate or nearly entire, thinly pubescent beneath, glabrescent above; lateral veins at least 10-12 pairs, connected by a fine reticulation, prominent beneath, impressed above. Stipules large, semi-cordate, dentate, deciduous . Bracts with short hairs. Catkins 3-6 x 1- 1-5 cm. Ovary glabrous; pedicel 3-4 mm; style short or moderately long. Mediterranean region. Co G r Hs It Sa Si?Tu. Plants similar in vegetative characters but with hairy ovary are probably of hybrid origin.