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{{Taxobox
{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|familia=Salicaceae
| name =
|genus=Salix
| status =
|species=gracilistyla
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|taxo_author=Miq.
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|common_name=Rosegold pussy willow
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
|habit=shrub
| familia = [[Salicaceae]]
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| genus = ''[[Willow|Salix]]''
|Min ht box=10
| species = '''''S. gracilistyla'''''
|Min ht metric=ft
| binomial = ''Salix gracilistyla''
|Max ht box=15
| binomial_authority = [[Miq.]]
|Max ht metric=ft
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min wd box=10
|Min wd metric=ft
|Max wd box=15
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|water=wet, moist
|water_ref=Sunset National Garden Book
|features=deciduous
|flowers=red, orange, yellow, pink
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=6
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=10
|sunset_zones=3-24, 30-34, 39
|image=Salix gracilistyla1.jpg
|image_width=180
}}
}}
'''''Salix gracilistyla'''''<ref>Also '''''S. gracilystilla'''''</ref> is a species of [[willow]] native to [[Japan]], [[Korea]] and [[China]] known in English as Rosegold Pussy Willow.
It is a [[deciduous]] shrub that reaches a height of 1-6 m.
{{Inc|
Salix gracilistyla, Miq. (S. Thunbergiana, Blume). Shrub: young branchlets tomentose, older reddish brown: stipules cordate: lvs. oblong-obovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute at both ends, serrulate, pubescent when young, later glabrous above, thinly pubescent and glaucescent below with prominent veins, 2-4 in. long: catkins cylindric, before the lvs., sessile; staminate 1 – 1 1/2 in. long, stamens 2, with connate filaments; pistillate longer; ovary pubescent with long and slender style. Japan.
}}
==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
'Melanostachys', also known as Black Pussy Willow, is known for its jet-black male and female [[catkin]] blooms which appear in early Spring. Its male catkins also have red [[anthers]] which slowly turn soft yellow from pollen.
==Gallery==
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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