Salix purpurea

The purple willow (Salix purpurea) is a species of the genus of the willow (Salix). The name Purple willow is due to the striking red shoots and the first purple kitten.

The Purple Willow is a tall, upright, dense bushy shrub, plant height of up to 6 meters achieved. The branches are bare, brown or purple-colored, thin, pliable and tough. The recent shoots are sometimes covered with a short velvety hairs, with the time they verkahlen. The leaves are on long shoots up to 12 centimeters long and have their greatest width from 12 to 20 millimeters in the top third on short shoots up to 7 inches long and 2 inches broad. The leaves are lanceolate acuminate slim and short. Its edge is from the center to the tip finely cut down sharply at the base entire. The different design of the blade edge is beginning to merge. The leaf surface is green or slightly bluish and dull, the principal nerve is yellow, the leaf is lighter and gray-green. Both sides are bare. The length of the leaf petiole is 2-5 mm, stipules are not available. The leaves are often arranged on opposite sides.

The kittens are long, slender, cylindrical, often on opposite sides, and arch. The male catkins are dichtblütig. Stamens and anthers are completely fused. The anthers are purple at first, in the thriving condition yellow. The female kitten have a length of up to four centimeters. The ovaries are small, stocky, hairy and densely crowded sitting. The scar sits on almost without stylus. The two-colored bract at the base is bright, the front part dyed black hair and long beard. The nectary is short club-shaped.

The purple-grazing is a widespread across Europe Eurasian pasture. It is absent in the north of Scotland and Scandinavia. It is found from the plains to altitudes of 1200 meters of streams and in lower terraces.


Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purpur-Weide
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