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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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Synonym Text:
S. angustifolia Willd., Sp. Pl. 4.2: 699. 1806 non Wulfen 1789; Boiss., Fl. Or. 4: 1187. 1879; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 636. 1888; S. dracunculifolia Boiss., Oiagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 1.7: 99. 1846.
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl.Per: May-June.
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Type:
Type: Iberia, Wilhelms (LE).
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Distribution:
Distribution: Iran, Oman, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Gilgit, Hunza), Kashmir, Kirghistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakstan, China (Gansu, Nei Mongolia, Ningxia, XinjiAng), S.W. Asia, Europe (F. Zhenfu, Z.Shidong & A.K. Skvortsov, 1999).
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
It is reputed to be an excellent material for basketry and wicker work.
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Map Location:
A-7 Yasin, 85 miles from Gilgit, shrub 3 m., buds present, greenish in colour with reddish tinge, 16.6.1982, Saood Omer 203 (BM, E, KUH); A-8 Hunza, Safed Abb., 5500 ft, near river, small tree to 15 ft, Giles (K); B-8 Karakorum: Baltistan, Braldo-River b. Dasso, 2600 m, 5.5.1962, Hans Hartmann 380 (RAW); Dridus, Skardu, Baltistan Dist., soil sandy, erect shrub, c. 2 m high, fruits present, Abdul Ghafoor & Z.L. Butt 580 (KUH); Kashmir, Iskardoo (Skardu), 21.7.1847, J.E. Winterbottom 844 (K); Satpur stream nr. Skardu, a small tree, along a stream, 16.8.1966, M.A. Siddiqi, Y. Nasir & Zaffar Ali 4137 (K); Skardu, Kheplu, near Rest House, common near water, tree, c. 10-15 ft, flowers yellowish, 24.7.1978, Mir Ajab & Nisar Abassi 1939 (ISL); Skardu, Khaplu, Maldumar, common near water, tree, c. 10-15 ft, fls. brownish, 25.7.1977, Mir Ajab & M. Afzal 1671 (ISL); B-9 Ladak, Nubra-Shyok Junction, 9900 ft, a tree growing in Shyok valley bed, 4.7.1929, F. Ludlow 522 (BM).
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Shrub or small tree, up to 7 m tall. Branches slender, long, blackish to greyish brown, pubescent or silky, rarely glabrate. Leaf exstipulate; petiole 1-2 mm; lamina linear-lanceolate, 2-4 cm x 0.2-0.3 (-0.5) cm, entire or finely glandular serrate, hairy on both surfaces becoming glabrescent, tip acute. Catkins appearing with or after leaves. Male 12-25 x 5-6 mm. Stamens 2, filaments connate throughout, glabrous; bracts hairy, 1-2 mm long; gland 1 adaxial. Female catkin 1.5-3 x 0.7-0.8 cm in fruit, shortly pedunculate with leaflets at the base. Female flower: gland adaxial; ovary sessile, tomentose; style short, stigma entire or bilobed. Capsule 3-4 mm, sericeous, sessile.
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