Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, 2/3-2 ½ inches long, male and female on different plants
• Leaves: 1 ¾-4 inches long, 4-11 longer than wide, pointed tip, underside covered in silver/white wooly hairs
• Bark: grey/brown
• Fruit/Seed: elongated cluster of pear-horn shaped clusters, yellow/brown, covered in wooly hairs
• Height: 12-40 inches
• Flowering: April - June
• Habitat: calcareous fens, swamps, wet meadows, floating mats, shores, peatlands

Sources and Credits

1. (c) bendingtree, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by bendingtree
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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