Salix farriae C.R. Ball
Annotated by G.W. Argus.

Yukon Territory: Crow River Hotsprings. Elev. 961 m
60.20209685°, -125.7990053°
Moist hotsprings meadows dominated by Solidago lepidus, Castilleja miniata, and Geranium richardsonii. Argus notes"possibly S. farriae - Leaves 53 mm, glaucous abaxially, L/W 3; catkins on flowering branchlets 7.5 mm, floral bracts persistent after flowering, styles 0.5 mm, stipes 0.88 mm. At one point in entering these characters the possible fits are S. farriae, S. barclayi, and S. hastata. The latter two are eliminated on style length and S. hastata does not fit for leaf L/W. It doesn't have the diagnostic ferruginous hairs on the adaxial midrib but it is the only species it fits. You identified it as S. prolixa. It fits that species in most characters but in S. prolixa the stipes are 1.3-4.2 mm not 0.88 mm, and the flowering branchlets are 0.5-6 mm not 7.5 mm. Both of these quantitative characters are not greatly out of range and the specimen may still be S. prolixa, but I would name it as possible S. farraie. In the absence of good S. prolixa and S. farriae with ferruginous hairs the name is not positive. - G.W. Argus - Jan. 2005.". Previously identified as Salix prolixa. Previously identified by B.A. Bennett, July 2004. 1 duplicate (DAO).

B.A. Bennett 04-0735, July 16, 2004
With J. Legare, P. Seccombe-Hett
BABY, Accession: BABY-04809