Salix pyrenaica, Gouan

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

21. S. pyrenaica Gouan , Obs. Bot. 'll, no. 8 (1773).

Low shrub up to 50 cm, with ascending reddish-brown glabrescent twigs. Leaves ovate-elliptical, rarely obovate, with more or less rounded base, slightly shiny and with few long hairs above, glaucescent and with numerous long appressed hairs beneath, glabrescent but hairs persistent at the entire margin; lateral veins 8 pairs; petiole 3-5 mm, pubescent. Stipules absent. Catkins lax-flowered, terminal on leafy, more or less elongated branches. Bracts 2 mm, obovate, obtuse, ferrugineous, long-hairy on both surfaces. Capsule ovoid, obtuse, tomentose, somewhat glabrescent near the base; pedicel 0-5 mm; style bifid. • Pyrenees, Cordillera Cantdbrica. G a Hs.