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|genus=Salix
|genus=Salix
|species=gracilistyla
|species=gracilistyla
|taxo_author=Miq.
|common_name=Rosegold pussy willow
|common_name=Rosegold pussy willow
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|water=wet, moist
|water_ref=Sunset National Garden Book
|features=deciduous
|features=deciduous
|flowers=red, orange, yellow, pink
|flowers=red, orange, yellow, pink
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=10
|max_zone=10
|image=Upload.png
|image=Salix gracilistyla1.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=180
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'''''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.
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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.
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.
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
===Pests and diseases===
==Species==
==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.
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==References==
==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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