Salix udensis

Taxobox
name = "Salix udensis"
status =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Salicaceae
genus = "Salix"
species = "S. udensis"
binomial = "Salix udensis"
binomial_authority = Trautv. & C.A.Mey.

"Salix udensis" (syn. "S. sachalinensis" F.Schmidt) is a species of willow native to northeastern Asia, in eastern Siberia (including Kamchatka), northeastern China, and northern Japan.Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?406610 "Salix udensis"] ]

It is a deciduous shrub growing to 5 m tall. The leaves are slender lanceolate, 6–10 cm long and 0.8–2 cm broad, glossy dark green above, glaucous and slightly hairy below, with a serrated margin. The flowers are produced in early spring on catkins 2–3 cm long.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). "New RHS Dictionary of Gardening". Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.]

The cultivar "S. udensis" 'Sekka' ("Japanese fantail willow") is grown as an ornamental plant; it has fastigiate (erect) branching.

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