Salix okamotoana Koidz.

A. K. Skvortsov suggests that the sectional position of this species is uncertain because it is very poorly known.

Shrubs low, to 25 cm tall, sparingly branched. Branchlets greenish to reddish, stout, glabrous. Stipules linear, small, deciduous or not developed; petiole short, densely villous; leaf blade elliptic, 4-5 × 2.5-3.5 cm, abaxially silky pubescent, adaxially slightly pubescent, base rounded, margin sharply serrate, apex obtuse or acute; lateral veins 12 or 13 on each side of midvein. Male catkin unknown. Female catkin cylindric, 2-4 cm; bracts oblong, apex obtuse, sparsely villous. Female flower: gland adaxial; ovary ovoid, tomentose, long stipitate; style short; stigma 2-cleft.

Taiwan

* Mountain slopes; 2900-3200 m.