Flowering nearly coetaneous or serotinous. Catkins 1-2 cm × 3-4 mm; bracts brown or brownish red, subobovate, ciliate, apex obtuse. Male flower: stamens 2, free, downy at base; anthers yellow, ovoid. Fruiting catkin to 4 cm. Female flower: adaxial gland 2-lobed, ca. 1 mm; ovary long ovoid, tomentose, stipitate; style nearly absent; stigma 2-parted, yellowish brown. Capsule yellowish brown, ovoid, 3-5 mm, downy. Fl. Jun, fr. Jul-Aug. 2n = 38.
Salix vestita, the rock willow, is a small shrub in the willow genus (Salix).[1][2][3][4]
Salix vestita is an ancient species, found on both sides of the Bering Strait. Its distribution includes a series of isolated, disjunct populations in Central Siberia, the northern Rocky Mountains, the west coast of Hudson Bay, and the northeastern arctic and subarctic. Occurrence in Nunavut is on Akpatok Island in Ungava Bay and on the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay. It may be extirpated in Washington.[5]
Salix vestita, the rock willow, is a small shrub in the willow genus (Salix).
