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Salix annulifera

Salix annulifera is a small alpine willow shrub, up to about 50 cm tall, native to high mountain slopes in NW Yunnan and eastern Tibet. It is not commonly grown in gardens, so its cultivation needs are mostly inferred from its alpine habitat.

Family
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or sandy loam with good organic content.
Temperature
Hardy to cold winters, adapted to alpine conditions; protect young plants from late frosts and prolonged heat above about 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Tibet to China (NW. Yunnan)
Climate
temperate

About

Salix annulifera is a small shrub from the genus of the willow (Salix) with up to 8 centimeter long leaf blades. The natural range of the species is in China.

Where it grows

The natural range is in bushes on mountain slopes at 3400 to 4100 meters altitude in the northwest of the Chinese province of Yunnan and in the east of Tibet.

Other Salix plants

Salix abscondita · Common Middle East Willow · Siberian Violet Willow · Salix aegyptiaca · Salix aeruginosa · Salix alatavica · Feltleaf willow · White willow · Salix alexii-skvortzovii · Salix alpina · Peachleaf willow · Salix anticecrenata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salix annulifera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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