Salix rotundifolia var. dodgeana

(Rydberg) A. E. Murray

Kalmia 13: 30. 1983.

Common names: Dodge’s willow
Basionym: Salix dodgeana Rydberg Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 277. 1899
Synonyms: Salix rotundifolia subsp. dodgeana (Rydberg) Argus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 71. Mentioned on page 70, 83.

Plants 0.005–0.02 m. Leaves: petiole 0.4–1.1–2.8 mm; largest medial blade 2.9–6.1–7.4 × 3–3.4–5.6 mm, 0.84–1.5–2.2 times as long as wide. Catkins: staminate shape indeterminate, 3.3–8 × 2.5–6 mm, flowering branchlet 0.5–3 mm; pistillate: 2–4–9 flowers, shape indeterminate, 4.5–10.5 × 2–7 mm, flowering branchlet 0.5–3 mm; floral bract hairs usually wavy, crinkled, or curly, rarely straight, exceeding bract by 0.1–0.37–0.75 mm. Staminate flowers: abaxial nectary 0.6–1 mm. Pistillate flowers: abaxial nectary absent, adaxial nectary oblong, narrowly oblong, or flask-shaped, 0.8–1.9 mm; stigmas flat, abaxially non-papillate with pointed tip, or slenderly cylindrical, 0.28–0.34–0.44 mm. Capsules 3.8–5.5 mm. 2n = 38.


Phenology: Flowering Jul.
Habitat: Arctic-alpine, Dryas tundra, Empetrum tussock tundra, sedge-shrub tundra, grassy tundra, moss tundra on alluvial fans and floodplains, dry and windswept ridges, moist scree, talus slopes, limestone substrates
Elevation: 150-3400 m

Distribution

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N.W.T., Yukon, Alaska, Mont., Wyo., e Asia (Chukotka), e Asia (Russian Far East), e Asia (Wrangel Island)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"-7.4mm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."-5.6mm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."-2.8mm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."-0.44mm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

connate +  and distinct +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
flask--shaped +  and oblong +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br />) +
red turning yellow +
globose +  and ellipsoid +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
retuse +, rounded +, acute +  and convex +
George W. Argus +
(Rydberg) A. E. Murray +
convex +  and rounded +
Salix dodgeana +
tapering +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
toothed +  and 2-fid +
persistent +
curly +, crinkled +  and wavy +
gray-brown +, yellowbrown +  and yellow-green +
glaucous +  and glabrous +
flowered +  and pistillate +
glaucous +  and glabrous +
globose +  and subglobose +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
indeterminate +
0.33 cm3.3 mm <br />0.0033 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
pendulous +, spreading +  and erect +
staminate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Dodge’s willow +
N.W.T. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Mont. +, Wyo. +, e Asia (Chukotka) +, e Asia (Russian Far East) +  and e Asia (Wrangel Island) +
150-3400 m +
connate +  and distinct +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br />) +
pistillate +  and staminate +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (1.05 cm10.5 mm <br />0.0105 m <br />) +
bisexual +  and unisexual +
indeterminate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
spherical +
Arctic-alpine, Dryas tundra, Empetrum tussock tundra, sedge-shrub tundra, grassy tundra, moss tundra on alluvial fans and floodplains, dry and windswept ridges, moist scree, talus slopes, limestone substrates +
ferruginous +  and white +
straight +
curly +, crinkled +  and wavy +
unbranched +  and spicate +
subterminal +  and axillary +
membranaceous +
circular +, subcircular +  and elliptic +
arranged +  and alternate +
marcescent +
deciduous +
2-7[-10]-carpellate +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
pyriform +
0.46 cm4.6 mm <br />0.0046 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
glandular-dotted +
flat;convex;flat;convex +
Flowering Jul. +
overlapping +
distinct +
branched +, sympodial +, monopodial +  and branching +
glabrescent;pubescent +
non-papillate +
cylindrical +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
caducous +  and persistent +
distinct +  and connate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
persistent +  and deciduous +
ferruginous +  and white +
Salix rotundifolia subsp. dodgeana +
Salix rotundifolia var. dodgeana +
Salix rotundifolia +
variety +
pointed +
sympodial +, branching +  and heterophyllous +