Published In:
Flora Unionis Rerumpublicarum Sovieticarum Socialisticarum 5: 138, 709–710. 1936. ( Fl. SSSR)  
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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:
Fl. Per.: April-June.
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Type:
Type: `Songaria ad ripas fluv. Ili et Ajaguz', Schrenk (LE).
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Distribution:
Distribution: Afghanistan, Paksitan (Chitral, Swat), Kashmir, Kazakstan, Kirghizstan, Tajikistan, N.W. India, Chian (Xinjiang), Mongolia.
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
Foliage is eaten by livestock. Plant is important from the ornamental point of view and for basket making.
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Map Location:
A-8 Karakaram, Haramosh Range (approx. 36ºN, 75ºE), Haramosh, 1957, Rae C. Culbert (BM); Karakarum, Barpu Glacier, Oblation valley, right bank, 9-11000 ft, July 10, 1939, R. Scott Russell 1157 (BM); Gilgit Expedition, Dr Giles (E); B-6 Chitral: Lutkhoo, 10,000 ft, May 1908, S.M. Topin 250 (K); Chitral, Drosh (?), 9-10,000 ft, May-June, 1908, S.M. Toppin 243 partly (K); B-7 Swat, Utror, c. 35º 35'N, 72º 25'E, substr. granit., ca. 2500 m., 23.8.1962, K.H. Rechinger 19532 (G); B-9 Karakaram, Dabadas, 10500 ft, gravel bed, 27.8.1939, R. Scott Russell 1767 (BM); Karakorum, Kero Lugma Glacier, left bank, hillside, 11500 ft, 24.7.1939, R. Scott Russell 1321 (BM); Karakoram, Hispar Glacier, left bank, Turmun Makerum, 11-1500 ft, 18.7.1939, R. Scott Russell 1211 (BM); C-7 Kashmir: Haripur (Hirpur), 7.5.1847, J.E. Winterbottom 123 (K); C-8 Kishtwar, 7-8000 ft, 15.6.(18)48 T. Thomson (K).
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Tall shrub or tree, branches covered with whitish tomentum, yellowish white to greyish. Leaf mostly existipulate, petiole 2-5 mm, lamina 4.5-14 x 1-2.5 cm, broadly lanceolate, oblong to ovate-oblong, hairy on the upper surface, hairs short appressed, lower surfaces with dense silvery white tomentum, lateral veins 16-18-(20) pairs, margin slightly wavy or entire, tip acuminate. Catkin sessile, appearing before leaves, densely villous. Male catkin at anthesis 2.5-5 x 1-1.5 cm. Bract blackish, c. 1.8-3 x 0.5-1.5 mm, hairy, hairs long, straight. Gland 0.8-1.6 x 0.1-0.2 mm, linear. Filament glabrous, anther 0.5-0.8 mm long. Female catkin 3-4 cm, longer in fruit. Female flower: ovary 5-6 mm, densely grey tomentose, sessile; style 0.8-1.5 mm, stigmas bifid. Capsule sessile, 5-6 mm, ovate, silky pilose.
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