Salix basaltica

Description

Salix bicolor can reach a height of 30-50 centimetres (12-20 in). This plant usually develop into a large shrub, but may grow as a multi branched tree of up to 4 m height. Branches are glabrous. brown-reddish or chestnut. Leaves are yellow-green, glabrous, elliptical or lanceolate with acute apex. They are 5-8 centimetres (2.0-3.1 in) long and 2-3 centimetres (0.79-1.18 in) wide. The catkins are produced in early spring, before the leaves. They reach 3 - 1 cm, on long peduncles with lanceolate bracts. Like all willows this species is dioecious. Flowers bloom from May to June.