Description from
Flora of China
Salix funebris H. Léveillé; S. mairei H. Léveillé; S. wallichiana var. grisea Andersson.
Leaf blade abaxially silky pubescent or glabrous. Filaments glabrous or sparsely downy at base.
Used for weaving wicker articles.
Mountain slopes, margins of woods, riversides. SE Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Nei Mongol, S Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Nepal]