Salix magnifica

Foot-catkin willow is in the willow or Salicaceae family and is native to Sichuan in southwestern China. It is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 6 m tall and has the largest leaves of any willow.

• Leaves are simple, alternate, large at 10–25 cm long and 7–11 cm wide, being green above and glaucous below. Petiole is red to dark purple.
• Species is dioecious. Flowers are in yellow catkins in the spring after new leaves appear. Male catkins are up to 10 cm long, females starting at 10 cm and growing to an exceptional 20 cm long, erect when seeds are ripe.
• Bark is reddish to purplish-brown, buds are blunt, triangular, with a solitary bud scale.