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Swiss Willow
Salix helvetica
Salix helvetica, the Swiss willow, is a scrubby willow species found in the Alps (from 1,700 to 2,700 m) and the Tatras portion of the western Carpathians (from 1,600 to 2,000 m). It is a naturally dwarf, erect shrub, growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall and broad, with silvery undersides on the leaves, and silvery catkins appearing with the leaves. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
== References ==
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 486257.