Salix gracilistyla

Salix gracilistyla subsp. var.	Rosegold pussy willow
	Habit: shrub Height: ⇕ to Width: ⇔ to 10ft15ft 10ft15ft Height: ⇕ 10 ft to 15 ft Width: ⇔ 10 ft to 15 ft Lifespan: ⌛ perennial Origin: ✈ Poisonous: ☠ Bloom: ❀	Exposure: ☼ sun Water: ◍ wet, moist Features: ✓ deciduous Hidden fields, interally pass variables to right place Minimum Temp: ☃ °Fwarning.png"°F" is not a number. USDA Zones: 6 to 10 Sunset Zones: 3-24, 30-34, 39 Flower features: ❀ red, orange, yellow, pink
	Salicaceae > Salix gracilistyla var. , Miq.

Salix gracilistyla is a species of willow native to Japan, Korea and China known in English as Rosegold Pussy Willow.

It is a deciduous shrub that reaches a height of 1-6 m.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Salix gracilistyla, Miq. (S. Thunbergiana, Blume). Shrub: young branchlets tomentose, older reddish brown: stipules cordate: lvs. oblong-obovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute at both ends, serrulate, pubescent when young, later glabrous above, thinly pubescent and glaucescent below with prominent veins, 2-4 in. long: catkins cylindric, before the lvs., sessile; staminate 1 – 1 1/2 in. long, stamens 2, with connate filaments; pistillate longer; ovary pubescent with long and slender style. Japan. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Varieties

'Melanostachys', also known as Black Pussy Willow, is known for its jet-black male and female catkin blooms which appear in early Spring. Its male catkins also have red anthers which slowly turn soft yellow from pollen.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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