PLANTS Profile for Salix petrophila (alpine willow)

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PLANTS Profile

Salix petrophila Rydb.
alpine willow

Symbol:

SAPE18

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Salicaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Salix petrophila Rydb.

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Synonyms:
Salix petrophila Rydb.

	SAARP	Salix arctica Pall. ssp. petraea (Andersson) Á. Löve & D. Löve & Kapoor
	SAARC2	Salix arctica Pall. var. caespitosa (Kennedy) L. Kelso
	SAARG	Salix arctica Pall. var. graminifolia (E.H. Kelso) L. Kelso
	SAARP5	Salix arctica Pall. var. petraea (Andersson) Bebb
	SAARP4	Salix arctica Pall. var. petrophila (Rydb.) L. Kelso
	SABRP4	Salix brownei (Andersson) Bebb var. petraea (Andersson) Bebb
	SACA30	Salix caespitosa Kennedy
	SAPEC	Salix petrophila Rydb. var. caespitosa (Kennedy) C.K. Schneid.

Distribution:
Salix petrophila Rydb.


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USA (CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)

Related Taxa:
Salix petrophila Rydb.

View 2 genera in Salicaceae, 170 species in Salix

Classification:
Salix petrophila Rydb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Salicales
Family	Salicaceae – Willow family
Genus	Salix L. – willow
Species	Salix petrophila Rydb. – alpine willow

More Accounts and Images:
Salix petrophila Rydb.

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View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 520882.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 08:53 PM CDT