Salix sinica (K. S. Hao ex C. F. Fang & A. K. Skvortsov) G. H. Zhu

Shrubs or small trees. Branchlets russet, glabrous; juvenile branchlets downy. Stipules semiovate to subreniform; petiole pilose; leaf blade highly variable, usually elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-rhomboid, or obovate-elliptic, rarely lanceolate, ovate, or broadly ovate, 3.5-6 × 1.5-2.5 cm, abaxially whitish, often wrinkled, usually tomentose, adaxially dull green, pilose when young, glabrescent, base cuneate, rounded-cuneate, or subrounded, margin entire or dentate, apex shortly acuminate, acute, or obtuse. Flowering precocious. Male catkin broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, 2-2.5 × 1.8-2 cm, sessile; bracts dull brown or nearly black, elliptic-ovate or slightly obovate-lanceolate, ca. 3 mm, villous. Male flower: gland subsquare; stamens 2, distinct; filaments ca. 6 mm, slender, sparsely downy at base; anthers yellow, oblong. Female catkin shortly cylindric, 2.5-3.5 cm × 7-9 mm, sessile, with 2 tomentose scalelike leaflets at base; bracts dull brown or black, elliptic-lanceolate, ca. 2.5 mm, long pubescent. Female flower: gland 1; ovary narrowly conical, ca. 3.5 mm, pilose; stipe ca. 1.2 mm; style short; stigma 2-cleft. Capsule linear-conical, ca. 6 mm; stipe ca. as long as bracts. Fl. Apr, fr. May.

* Mountain slopes, woods. Gansu, Hebei, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi.

Salix sinica là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Liễu. Loài này được (K.S. Hao ex C.F. Fang & A.K. Skvortsov) G.H. Zhu miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1998.

中国黄花柳（学名：Salix sinica）为杨柳科柳属的植物，为中国的特有植物。分布在中国大陆的西北、华北、内蒙古等地，生长于海拔100米至4,200米的地区，多生于山坡和林中，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。