Salix repens, L.

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 : 51

49. S. repens L. , Sp. Pl. 1020 (1753).

Branches more or less procumbent. Previous year’s twigs slender, pale, glabrous. Leaves ovate-elliptical, finally glabrous at least above, silky beneath; margin flat and glandular; lateral veins 4-6 pairs. Stipules absent. Catkins cylindrical. Bracts flat, with dark apex. Stigma relatively long. Pedicel, capsule and filaments glabrous. 2« = 38. Bogs and swamps. N., W. & C. Europe extending to Italy and the Ukrainian Carpathians. Au Be Br Cz D a Fe G a Ge H b He Ho Hs It Ju Lu No Rs (N, B, W) Su. 5. aurita x repens group (<S. x ambigua Ehrh. ) is common wherever the parents meet.