Creeping Willow

Description

Shrub with creeping habit and ascending stems, the previous year's shoots thick, dark, pubescent. Leaves obovate, more or less outspread, short, firm, with widely spaced sharp, glandular teeth, both sides dense and long-silky pubescent, eventually becoming dull gray-green above with hook-form hairs, the margin revoluted, 5-8 vein pairs, stipules frequently present; catkins ovate.