slightly angled, sometimes glandular; leaf blade broadly ovate, suborbicular, or broadly ovate-elliptic, 8-20 × 7-15 cm, abaxially tomentose at first, glabrescent, grayish green, adaxially bluish green, pilose along veins or glabrous at base, base cordate to rounded-truncate, margin glandular crenate, apex obtuse; veins raised abaxially. Male catkin ca. 7 cm. Fruiting catkin to 15 cm; rachis pubescent. Capsule ovoid, subglabrous, stipitate. Fl. Apr-May, fr. May-Jun.
Populus wilsonii, or Wilson's poplar, is a species of deciduous poplar tree found in China's Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang and Yunnan provinces.[1] The tree has elliptical leaves wider at the base than at the tip, and can grow to up to 25 metres in height with a diameter at breast height of 1.5 metres. Flowering occurs from April to May, and fruiting begins in May and lasts until June.[1]
Populus wilsonii, or Wilson's poplar, is a species of deciduous poplar tree found in China's Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang and Yunnan provinces. The tree has elliptical leaves wider at the base than at the tip, and can grow to up to 25 metres in height with a diameter at breast height of 1.5 metres. Flowering occurs from April to May, and fruiting begins in May and lasts until June.
