Salix starkeana, Willd.

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 : 51

46. S. starkeana Willd. , Sp. Pl. 4 (2): 677 (1806)

( S. livida Wahlenb. ).

Low shrub, rarely up to 1 m, with ascending branches. Twigs slender, pale and glabrous in the first year. Buds appressed, greenish-orange-yellow, with flattened apex. Leaves broadly lanceolate to orbicular-obovate, slightly pubescent and reddish when young, soon glabrous, bright green, more or less shiny above, pale green or greyish with very prominent veins beneath; margin glandular serrate; lateral veins 5-7 pairs. Stipules well developed, broadly elliptical or |-reniform, with glandular margin. Bracts lanceolate, usually greenish-yellow. Filaments glabrous. Stigmas erect, ovoid, more or less urceolate. N. & C. Europe, extending to N. Ukraine and C. Russia. Cz Fe Ge He No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W) Su.