Salix omeiensis C. K. Schneider

A. K. Skvortsov believes that this species seems to be the same as Salix moupinensis.

Shrubs or small trees. Juvenile branchlets glabrous, sometimes basally silky villous. Buds ovoid-ellipsoid, pilose. Petiole 1-1.5 cm, glabrous, sometimes glandular; leaf blade long ovate-elliptic, to 13 × 5 cm, abaxially grayish white, sparsely villous, adaxially dark green, with rust-colored hairs along midvein when young, base usually rounded, margin indistinctly serrulate or entire, apex acute to acuminate; lateral veins to 15 on each side of midvein. Male catkin 4-5 cm × 6-8 mm; peduncle with leaflets; bracts subovate, abaxially villous or glabrescent distally, ciliate, apex rounded. Male flower: abaxial gland smaller than adaxial gland; stamens 2, villous at base; anthers yellow. Fruiting catkin to 12 × 1 cm; peduncle 1-1.5 cm, with leaflets; rachis villous; bracts suboblong, abaxially villous, apex rounded to acute. Female flower: adaxial gland broadly ovate; style conspicuous, 2-cleft. Capsule ca. 3 mm, glabrous. Fl. May, fr. Jun.

C Sichuan

* Mountains; circa 1600 m.