Salix tribe Hastatae Fries, Physiogr. Sällsk. Årsberätt 2: 34. 1825; Salix subsect. Hastatae (Fries) Dorn

Shrubs, 0.1-7 m. Buds alba-, arctica-, or caprea-type, or intermediate. Leaves: stipules on late ones minute rudiments or foliaceous; largest medial blade (sometimes amphistomatous), 1.2-7 times as long as wide, adaxial surface not glaucous. Staminate flowers: filaments glabrous or hairy. Pistillate flowers: adaxial nectary shorter than, equal to, or longer than stipe; stipe 0-3.5 mm; ovary glabrous or sparsely to very densely hairy; stigmas with flat, non-papillate abaxial surface, cylindrical, or plump, 0.1-0.8 mm.

Species 24 (17 in the flora): North America, Eurasia.