Shrubs, 0.1–7 m. Buds alba, arctica, or caprea-type, or intermediate. Leaves: stipules on late ones minute rudiments or foliaceous; largest medial blade (sometimes amphistomatous), 1.2–7 times as long as wide, adaxial surface not glaucous. Staminate flowers: filaments glabrous or hairy. Pistillate flowers: adaxial nectary shorter than, equal to, or longer than stipe; stipe 0–3.5 mm; ovary glabrous or sparsely to very densely hairy; stigmas with flat, non-papillate abaxial surface, cylindrical, or plump, 0.1–0.8 mm.

Distribution

North America, Eurasia

Discussion

Species 24 (17 in the flora).

This section was treated by R. D. Dorn (1975) as sect. Cordatae. In 1995, he recognized two subsections: Cordatae and Luteae. These two subsections are treated here as sections Hastatae and Cordatae, respectively.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Salix arizonica, Salix ballii, Salix barclayi, Salix boothii, Salix commutata, Salix cordata, Salix eastwoodiae, Salix farriae, Salix hastata, Salix monticola, Salix myricoides, Salix myrtillifolia, Salix orestera, Salix pseudomonticola, Salix pseudomyrsinites, Salix pyrifolia, Salix wolfii