Vasilis Teodoridis:
Salicaceae | Salix
80. Salix luctuosa H. Léveillé; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 342. 1914.
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Salix dyscrita C. K. Schneider; S. huiana Goerz; S. huiana var. tricholepis Goerz.
Shrubs to 3 m tall. Branches erect; branchlets greenish brown or dark brown; silky tomentose when young; glabrescent or subglabrous; shiny. Petiole 1-3 mm; pilose; leaf blade elliptic or narrowly elliptic; 1-4 x 0.5-1.5 cm; abaxially silky downy at first; becoming subglabrous except along midvein; adaxially green; glabrous or pilose along midvein; both ends obtuse; margin entire. Male catkin 3-4.5 cm x 6-9 mm; peduncle with 3 or 4 leaflets; rachis villous; densely flowered; bracts yellowish green or distally brown; broadly ovate; long ciliate or abaxially subglabrous. Male flower: gland adaxial; abaxial gland sometimes absent; stamens 2; filaments basally villous; anthers yellow; ovoid. Female catkin ca. 3 cm x 6 mm; to 5 cm in fruit; peduncle with 3 leaflets; bracts ovate; villous. Female flower: gland adaxial; ovary ovoid; glabrous; sessile or subsessile; style 2-cleft; stigma small. Capsule ca. 3 mm. Fl. Apr; fr. Apr-May.
* Near water; mountain slopes; valleys; 1500-3200 m. Guizhou (Fanjing Shan); SW Shaanxi (Taibai Shan); Sichuan; E Xizang; Yunnan