1. Salix acmophylla Boiss., Pl. Or. Nov., Ser. 1. (7): 98. 1846; Fl. Or. 4: 1183. 1879; Andersson in Kung. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. 6: 7. 1867; in DC., Prodr. 16(2): 195. 1868; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 628. 1888; Nazarov in Kom. Fl. U.R.S.S. 194. 1936; R. Parker, For. Fl. Punj. ed. 3: 501. 1956; A. K. Skvortsov in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 65: 22. 1969; R.R. Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W.Pak. Kashm. 181. 1972; A.K. Skvortsov & Edmondson in P.H. Davis, Fl. Turk. 7: 702. 1982.
Vern: Bed, Gaith.
Large shrub or small tree, branches glabrous with irregular, mainly vertical cracks, young branches hairy. Leaves 5-16 cm long, (5)-7-20 mm wide, linear lanceolate, acute-acuminate, entire or serrulate, green and glabrous above, pale beneath, silky when young. Petiole 2.5-9 mm long. Stipules minute, caducous. Flowers appearing after the leaves. Male catkin 1.5-4-(5) cm long, on short leafy shoots; peduncle 8-12 mm long, rachis villous. Bracts 1.5-2 mm long, ovate or oblong, villous, tip subacute. Stamens 4-6, filaments free, woolly towards base, anthers pale yellow. Disc of 2 yellow glands. Female catkin c. 2-2.5 cm long, on short leafy shoots, peduncle c. 2-3 mm, rachis villous, bracts as in the male catkin, disc opposite the bract, semi-annular, yellow; stipe 2-3 times the length of the gland. Ovary glabrous, style < 0.5 mm, stigmas 2. Fruiting catkin 2.5-5 cm long. Capsule ovoid, 3-5.5 mm, glabrous, stipe 0.4-1.8 (-2.5) mm long.
Fl. Per.: February-April.
Syntypes: Hab. in alpe Kuh-Daënar (Kuh-e-Dinar) Kotschy 620; prope urbe Schiraz, Kotschy 323.
Distribution: Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, India and Central Asia.
According to Görz (Feddes Rep. 28: 113-130. 1930) S. acmophylla hybridizes with S. alba.
Bark is reported to be a febrifuge (Kitikar & Basu, Ind. Med. Pl. ed. 2. 3: 2363. 1935).
