*Salix alba var.vitellina (L.) Stokes

Branches yellow to orange. Leaves dull or slightly glossy above, becoming glabrescent; lanceolate, 5–10 cm long, serrulate. Rootlets white. Flowers crowded on the catkin rachis. Stamens 2. Tree up to 20 m high. Bark grey-brown. Widespread. Near fresh water. Introd. from Europe. Fl. spring White Willow