Salix irrorata

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Salix irrorata
Rocky Mountain flowers - an illustrated guide for plant-lovers and plant-users (1920) (14598276899).jpg
Rocky Mountain flowers - an illustrated guide for plant-lovers and plant-users (1920)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species:
S. irrorata
Binomial name
Salix irrorata

Salix irrorata, the dewystem willow, blue-stem willow, or sandbar willow, is a species of willow native to the US states of Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, and to northern Mexico.[2] In spite of its bluestem willow common name, its stems are red, but a white coat develops that makes them appear bluish. A bushy shrub that prefers moist areas, in a garden setting it needs coppicing to both keep it from growing overlarge and to maintain the attractive bark coloration.[3] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 15: 117 (1858)
  2. ^ "Salix irrorata Andersson". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Salix irrorata Bluestem Willow". chicagobotanic.org. Chicago Botanic Garden. 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. ^ " Salix irrorata blue-stem willow". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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