Characteristic 15

Striking white-green leaves 

15 Leaf lanceolate; 4.2-6 cm L; 0.6-1.6 cm W; widest width approximately in middle; remarkable hue of white and green; short petiole to sessile leaf; most leaves are opposite; leaf margin usually curled; annual twigs reddened along the sun side; leaves with bitter taste; small tree, usually grafted on trunk of other willow species. (often on x smithiana).

► Salix integra var. hakuro-nishiki (see also Appendix 3: the wild form)