秋华柳Salix variegata Franch.

别名：皂柳;秋花柳;雪柳;变色柳;

科名：杨柳科 Salicaceae

属名：柳属 Salix

《中国植物志》第20(2)卷350页
  228.秋华柳（中国高等植物图鉴）图版104：1-5
  Salix variegata Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, ser. 2 (10): 82 (Pl. David. 2: 120). 1887; Burkill in Journ. Linn. Soc. 26: 534. 1899; Schneid. in Sarg. Pl. Wils. 3: 70, 1916; Hao in Fedde, Rep. Beih. 93: 110, 1936, (excl. syn. S. duclouxii Levl. var. kouytchensis Levl. et S. kouytchen. sis Schneid.); 中国高等植物图鉴, 1: 372,图744. 1972.——S. densifoliata Seemen in Bot. Jahrb. 21 (Beibl, 53): 57, 1896.——S. bockii Seemen in 1. c. 29: 278, t. 3, f. g-m. 1900; Schneid. in 1. c. 71. 1916; Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 87. 1929; 秦岭植物志1 (2): 45, 图31. 1974.——S. andropogon Levl. in Fedde, Rep. Sp. Nov. 3: 21. 1906; Schneid. 1. c. 170. 1916; Hao, 1. c. 109, t. 42: 83. 1936——S. duclouxii Levl. 1. c. 298. 1906; Schneid. 1. c. 170. 1916; Hand.-Mazz. 1. c. 87. 1929.
  灌木，通常高1米左右。幼枝粉紫色，有绒毛，后无毛。叶通常为长圆状倒披针形或倒卵状长圆形，形状多变化，长1.5厘米，宽约4毫米，先端急尖或钝，上面散生柔毛，下面有伏生绢毛，稀脱落，近无毛，全缘或有锯齿; 叶柄短。花叶后开放，稀同时开放；花序长1.5-2.5厘米，粗3-4毫米，花序梗短，生1-2小叶；雄蕊2，花丝合生，无毛，花药黄色；苞片椭圆状披针形，外面有长柔毛，长为花丝一半，腺体1，圆柱形，长达1毫米；雌花序较粗，径约7-8毫米，受粉后，不断伸长增粗，果序长达4厘米，花序梗也伸长；子房卵形，无柄，有密柔毛，花柱无或近无，柱头2裂；苞片同雄花；仅1腹腺。蒴果狭卵形，长达4毫米。花期不定，通常在秋季开花。
  产西藏东部、云南北部、贵州、四川、湖北西部、甘肃东南部、陕西南部、河南等地。生于山谷河边。模式标本采自湖北与四川交界附近的长江边岸。

《Flora of China》 Vol. 4 (1999)
Salix variegata  Franchet
秋华柳   qiu hua liu
Salix andropogon H. Léveillé; S. bockii Seemen; S. densifoliata Seemen; S. duclouxii H. Léveillé.
Shrubs usually to 1 m tall. Branchlets pinkish purple, tomentose when young, glabrescent. Petiole short; leaf blade usually oblong-oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, variable, ca. 1.5 cm × 4 mm, abaxially appressed sericeous when mature, rarely subglabrous, adaxially pilose, base cuneate or attenuate, rarely cuneate-rounded, margin entire or serrate, apex acute or obtuse. Flowering serotinous, rarely coetaneous. Male catkin 1.5-2.5 cm × 3-4 mm; peduncle short, with 1 or 2 leaflets; bracts elliptic-lanceolate, ca. 1/2 as long as filaments, abaxially villous. Male flower: gland 1, cylindric, to 1 mm; stamens 2; filaments connate throughout, glabrous; anthers yellow. Female catkin 1.5-2.5 cm × 7-8 mm, to 4 × 1-1.2 cm in fruit, pedunculate; bracts as in male catkin. Female flower: gland adaxial; ovary ovoid, densely downy, sessile; style indistinct or absent; stigma 2-cleft. Capsule narrowly ovate, to 4 mm. Fl. Apr-May or Jul-Aug.
* Streamsides. SE Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, W Hubei, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, E Xizang, N Yunnan