Salix daltoniana

Salix daltoniana grows as a shrub or small tree . The twigs are initially black-purple and sparsely hairy. The buds are egg-shaped, shorter than 1 centimeter and sometimes frosted. The leaveshave a petiole about 1 centimeter long. The leaf blade is lanceolate, oblong or elliptical, 4.5 to 9 inches long and 1.5 to 2.5 inches wide. The leaf margin is serrate or seldom indistinctly glandular, the leaf base is wedge-shaped to rounded, the leaf end pointed. The upper side of the leaf is dull green, initially sparsely hairy and later glabrous or hairy only along the leaf veins. The underside is densely hairy, lead-gray, silky and shiny. The central vein is clearly formed on the upper side of the leaf, the veins are inconspicuous on the underside. Usually 11 to 14, rarely up to 16 pairs of side veins are formed. Male inflorescences are cylindrical, 3.5 to 6 centimeters long and 8 to 10 millimeters in diameter catkins . Two to five small leaves are formed on the peduncle. The bracts are yellowish-brown, spatulate-elongated, entire, notched or split and have a blunt or almost truncated end. Male flowers have 4 to 5.5 millimeters long, downy-haired stamens at the base. The anthers are yellow and elongated. Female catkins are 4 to 6, rarely up to 7 centimeters long and have a diameter of 5 to 6, with fruit ripening up to more than 10 millimeters. …

The natural range is in Bhutan, India (among others in Sikkim), Nepal, and in Tibet. In Tibet, they can be found in thickets and on mountain slopes at heights of 3000 to 4400 meters.