Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, ¼-2 inches long, white with red/yellow/purple/brown tips
• Leaves: narrowly oval, 1-3 ½ inches long, 2-6 times longer than wide, widest above the middle, edges often rolled under or wavy, underside densely covered in wooly hairs
• Bark: young branches densely hairy
• Fruit/Seed: elongated cluster of capsules that are 3/16-1/2 inch long, yellow-red when mature, covered in woolly hairs
• Height: 1-10 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: prairies, savannas, dunes, bluffs, rock outcrops

Sources and Credits

1. (c) theo_witsell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by theo_witsell
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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