Geyer willow – Salix geyeriana

Pronunciation: Say-liks gair-ee-an-uh

Shrubs to 6 m.

Twigs: pubescent becoming somewhat glaucous.

Leaf: blades 2 – 7 cm long, narrowly lanceolate to elliptic with mostly entire margins, pubescent on both surfaces, glaucous beneath.

Stems: yellow-green, gray-brown, red-brown, or violet, usually glaucous, glabrous or sparsely tomentose; branchlets yellowish, yellow-brown, red-brown, or violet, (strongly glaucous or not), glabrous or sparsely to moderately densely pubescent

Leaves: stipules usually absent; largest medial blade narrowly elliptic, or linear, margins flat or entire

Catkins: flowering (before or) as leaves emerge, capsules 4 - 6 mm.

Flowering late April to late June. Lowland wet streamsides, lakeshores, sedge meadows, springs, seepages, swamps, fine-textured substrates

Salix geyeriana is characterized by its dark gray appearance, slender, dark branches, narrow leaves long-silky on both surfaces, general absence of stipules, and small, subglobose catkins. Plants in the Pacific Northwest with foliaceous stipules may be hybrids or introgressants, but the other parent is unknown.

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