| Salix nummularia subsp. tundricola (Schljakov) Love & Love | |||
| |||
| Family | Salicaceae — APG family: Salicaceae | ||
| Synonyms | Salix tundricola Schljakov. | ||
| Description | Dwarf shrub, with thick central root and long subterranean, not rooting, branches; leaves ovate, with 4-6 pairs of nerves; rounded or somewhat cordate base and entire or somewhat obtusely denticulated margin, glabrous or sparsely long-pilose below; catkins few-flowered on leafy peduncles; capsules attenuated, sessile, with style 0.5 mm long. | ||
| Ecology | Stony tundra, polygon tundra. | ||
| Taxonomy notes | The similar subsp. nummularia, described from Transbaikalia, occurs in central Asia; its range is indicated by the broken line on the circumpolar map. |
This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.