Hoary Willow
Salix eleagnos
Salicaceae
Other names
Rosemary Willow
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Cent Europe to Asia Minor
Location
Cornell Class of 1923 Flowering Tree Collection, Urban Tree Collection, Zucker Shrub Collection
Source of plant
Arborvillage Farm Nursery, Spring Meadow Nursery, Cornell Botanic Gardens
Description
Tall shrub or small tree to 6m. Twigs grey-velvety for first year, then glabrous, red-yellow to brown. Leaves 6-15x0.5-1cm, linear to narrowly lanceolate tapering at base and apex, dark glossy green above, felted-white beneath, entire, or toothed near apex, revolute; petiole to 5mm; stipules absent. Catkins 6x1cm, appearing just before leaves, bracts lanceolate, to 2mm; stamens 2, filaments fused at base; ovary glabrous, tapering toward apex.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4