五蕊柳(原变种) wu rui liu (yuan bian zhong)

Pleiarina pentandra (Linnaeus) N. Chao & G. T. Gong.

Juvenile branchlets brownish green, grayish green, or grayish brown. Stipules present; leaf blade abaxially glabrous. Bracts lanceolate, oblong, or elliptic. Male flower: adaxial gland usually 2- or 3-lobed, abaxial gland sometimes absent.

Margins of woods near rivers, marshes and meadows within forests; 500-1200 m. Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, E Nei Mongol, Xinjiang [Mongolia, Russia; Europe]