Botanical name: Salix karelinii    Family: Salicaceae (Willow family)
Synonyms: Salix himalayensis, Salix adenophylloides, Salix fedtschenkoi

Himalayan Willow is a shrub up to 1.2 m tall, but sometimes a small tree up to 5 m, with elliptic to ovate finely toothed leaves 4-5 cm, becoming paler and hairless beneath when mature; young leaves woolly-haired. Catkins are borne on leafless stems; male catkins stout, very silky-haired, 3-4 cm; female catkins stout, up to 4 cm, very silky-haired, with spoon-shaped bracts which are blackish. Fruiting catkins are up to 9 cm. Capsules are about 5 mm. Himalayan Willow is found on open slopes, stream-sides in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to C. Nepal, and in C. Asia, at altitudes of 2100-4500 m. It is common and gregarious in the drier parts of Kashmir. Flowering: May-July.

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The flower labeled Himalayan Willow is ...