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(Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
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Flower/Fruit
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Fl. Per.: May-June.
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Type
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Type: Sarybulak prope Kuldscha, 4-6000 ft, A. Regel (LE).
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Distribution
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Distribution: Afghanistan, Pakistan (Chitral, Gilgit), Kashmir, Kazakstan, Kirghizstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.
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Map Location
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A-6 Chitral, Shokor Shal, c. 3500 m, 22.6.1950, Per Wendelbo (BM, K, O, RAW); Och Anzog, c. 3600 m, 14.7.1954, Per Wendelbo (BM, K); A-7 Chitral, Marmano Shal, c. 3700 m, 19.6.1950, Per Wendelbo (O); Chitral Gol, W. of Chitral 9000 ft, in dense, riverside thickets, tree, 15 ft, 15.6.1958, J.D.A.Stainton 2686 (BM, RAW); A-8 Gilgit, Naltar valley, 12000 ft, common, small trees, near water, 19.7.1954, R.R. Stewart 26451 (K); Karakoram, Barpu Glacier, Oblation valley, right bank, 9-11,000 ft, 10.7.1939, R. Scott Russel 1146 (BM); B-8 N. flanks of Deosai Plain towards Satpara, 35o09'N,75o37'E, 3640 m, Betula utilis forest on N-facing slope, shrub 1.5-3 in. tall in the undergrowth, 17.7.1991, G. & S. Miehe 5192 (MHA); B-9 Kashmir, Baltistan, Shingo valley, 10-11,000 ft, 7.7.1892, J.F. Duthie 11922 (K); Dras valley, Tash-gam, 9600 ft, erect shrub, 12 ft, high, wild, along streams, 30.5.1928, B.B. Osmaston 219 (K); Karakoram, Kero Lugma Glacier, left bank, 11500 ft, hillside, 27.7.1939, R. Scott Russel 1320 (BM).
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Shrub, rarely small tree, 5-6 m tall, with spreading knotty branches; young branches tomentose, becoming glabrous. Leaves stipulate, stipules 2-4 mm long, semicordate, dentate. Petioles 3-5 mm long, slightly hairy. Lamina 3.5-7.5 x 1.8-4 cm long, elliptic to subrhomboidal, rarely ovate narrowed at base, shortly acuminate, entire or irregularly toothed, pilose, becoming glabrous. Catkin appearing before leaves or more or less at the same time as leaves, lateral, subsessile or borne on a short stalk with 4-6 bracts. Bracts 1.5-2.5 x 0.5-1 mm, generally obtuse, hairy. Male flower: stamens 2, free, filaments 4-7.5 mm long, hairy at base; anthers 0.5-0.7 mm long. Female catkin up to 2 x 0.7 cm; in fruit 4 cm long. Female flower: Ovary c. 3 mm long, hairy, hairs appressed silky, white, style c. 1 mm long, elongating later on; gland 1, posterior, c. 0.5 mm long, emerginate at apex. Capsule stipitate, stipe 1-3 mm long; capsule 5-8 mm long, sparsely hairy.
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