dwarf willow Salicaceae Salix herbacea

Leaf:Alternate, simple, deciduous, nearly round with cordate bases and rounded tips, to 1.5 inches long vut typically much smaller, edges coarsely serrate; shiny green on top, lower surface glaucous; stipules mostly absent.
Flower:Species is dioecious; catkins stand upright from the branch tips; up to 1/2 inch long; appearing with the new leaves.
Fruit:Small, silky, wind-dispersed seeds from cone-shaped reddish capsules that are up to 3/8 inch long, develop and shed early in the growing season.
Twig:Yellow-brown to red-brown and glaucous; buds are reddish brown, globose, covered in one scale.
Bark:Yellow-brown to red-brown and glaucous, weathering to gray.
Form:A small creeping and twisted shrub, less than 5 inches tall and typically only 1 inch tall; mat forming, with all but a few leaves under ground.

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