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Blue Willow

Salix caesia

Also called Blue Green Willow

Blue Willow
Photo: Майоров С. Р., CC BY 4.0
Family
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Alps, Afghanistan to Mongolia and W. Himalaya
Climate
temperate

About

Salix caesia is a small shrub in the genus Salix, the willows. It is widespread, mainly in Asia.

Where it grows

The main distribution areas of Salix caesia are the Chinese autonomous regions of Xinjiang and Tibet; Central Asia: Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Mongolia; West and East Siberia, Pakistan and Kashmir. It is very rare in Europe, where it has been found in Italy, France, Switzerland, and Austria.

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 annulifera

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salix caesia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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