Salix arctica, Pallas

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 47

16. S. arctica Pallas , 77. Ross . 1 (2): 86 (1788).

Twigs glabrous, shiny. Leaves 3-4 x 2-3 cm, ovate or obovate, rounded or broadly cuneate at the base, thick, leathery, hairy only when young, with more or less reticulate veins slightly prominent beneath and slightly impressed above. Stipules shorter than the petiole, often conspicuous. Catkins c. 5 x 1 cm; peduncles leafy, long. Bracts brownish, rounded at apex. Ovary densely covered with long white hairs; style long, filiform, more or less cleft; stigma bifid. Vajgac, N. Ural. Rs (N). (Arctic Asia.)