Salix planifolia subsp. planifolia

PLANTS: Shrub to 1 m tall in ours. LEAVES: stipules absent or rudimentary; petioles pilose; mature blades 20-54 mm long, 5-23 nun wide, the margins entire or gland-dotted. PISTILLATE FLOWERS: in catkins 15-45 mm long; nectary 0.4-0.9 mm long; 2n = 76. NOTES: See parent taxon for further description. Subalpine; meadows and stream banks; Apache Co.; 3200-3280 m (9900-10000 ft); May-Jun; throughout boreal Canada, mountains from ID and MT s to NM. Figure 17. REFERENCES: Argus, George W. 1995. SalicaceaePart 2. Salix. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. 29(1): 39