Salix purpurea

Salix purpurea
Catkins
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix
Species:
S. purpurea
Binomial name
Salix purpurea
Synonyms
List
    • Knafia helix (Walk.) Opiz
    • Knafia purpurea (L.) Opiz
    • Nectolis hippophifolia Raf.
    • Salix ×rubra subsp. elaeagnifolia (Tausch ex Opiz) Celak.
    • Salix ×traunsteineri A. Kern. ex Andersson
    • Salix angustior (D. Lautenschl. & Lautenschl.) Landolt
    • Salix arborescens Hartig
    • Salix baumgarteniana Schur
    • Salix bifurcata Chevall.
    • Salix caesifolia Drobow
    • Salix carniolica Host
    • Salix condensata Kit.
    • Salix condensata Kit. ex Jáv., 1936
    • Salix dahurica Turcz.
    • Salix elaeagnifolia Tausch
    • Salix elaeagnifolia Tausch ex Opiz
    • Salix fissa var. olivacea (Thuill.) DC.
    • Salix fuscata Tausch
    • Salix fuscata Tausch ex Andersson
    • Salix heliciflora Tausch
    • Salix heliciflora Tausch ex Andersson
    • Salix helix J. Walker
    • Salix helix L.
    • Salix helix var. olivacea (Thuill.) Mérat
    • Salix helix var. purpurea (L.) Hampe
    • Salix helix var. purpurea (L.) Lej.
    • Salix hippophaeifolia Wimm. & Grab.
    • Salix hippophifolia Ledeb.
    • Salix hippophifolia Wimm. & Grab.
    • Salix hoffmanniana Tausch
    • Salix hoffmanniana Tausch ex Wimm.
    • Salix mollissima Wahlenb.
    • Salix monadelpha Koch
    • Salix monadelpha Koch ex Schur
    • Salix monandra Ard.
    • Salix monandra var. angustifolia DC.
    • Salix monandra var. brevifolia DC.
    • Salix monandra var. helix (L.) Boenn.
    • Salix monandra var. monadelpha Moritzi
    • Salix monandra var. myrtifolia Boenn.
    • Salix monandra var. purpurea (L.) Boenn.
    • Salix monandra var. sericea Ser.
    • Salix monandra var. subverticillata Ser.
    • Salix multiformis Döll
    • Salix mutabilis Host
    • Salix neilreichii A. Kern.
    • Salix oleifolia Host
    • Salix oleifolia Host ex Wimm.
    • Salix oppositifolia Host
    • Salix pratensis Scop.
    • Salix purpurea f. augsburgensis Schwer.
    • Salix purpurea f. catalaunica Goerz
    • Salix purpurea f. eriantha Wimm.
    • Salix purpurea f. furcata Wimm.
    • Salix purpurea f. gracilis (Gren. & Godr.) C.K. Schneid.
    • Salix purpurea f. gracilis Wimm.
    • Salix purpurea f. pendula (Regel) Dippel
    • Salix purpurea f. sericea (Ser.) Wimm.
    • Salix purpurea f. styligera Wimm.
    • Salix purpurea subsp. angustior Lautenschl.
    • Salix purpurea subsp. embergeri Chass.
    • Salix purpurea subsp. gracilis (Wimm.) Buser
    • Salix purpurea subsp. helix (L.) R.I. Schröd.
    • Salix purpurea subsp. helix (L.) Schübl. & G. Martens
    • Salix purpurea subsp. scharfenbergensis Bolle
    • Salix purpurea subsp. uralensis (K.Koch) R.I. Schröd.
    • Salix purpurea var. alpina Buser
    • Salix purpurea var. androgyna W.D.J. Koch
    • Salix purpurea var. angustifolia (DC.) Dumort.
    • Salix purpurea var. angustifolia A. Kern.
    • Salix purpurea var. angustifolia Illitsch.
    • Salix purpurea var. berdaui Zapal.
    • Salix purpurea var. brevifolia (DC.) Dumort.
    • Salix purpurea var. dniestrensis Zapal.
    • Salix purpurea var. embergeri (Chass.) Maire
    • Salix purpurea var. fissa Lej.
    • Salix purpurea var. gracilis Gren. & Godr.
    • Salix purpurea var. gracilis Wallr.
    • Salix purpurea var. helix (L.) Rchb.
    • Salix purpurea var. helix (L.) W.D.J. Koch
    • Salix purpurea var. hispanica Goerz
    • Salix purpurea var. humilior Lej.
    • Salix purpurea var. leioandra Zapal.
    • Salix purpurea var. macrocarpa Wallr.
    • Salix purpurea var. malacensis Goerz
    • Salix purpurea var. monodelpha W.D.J. Koch
    • Salix purpurea var. nana Dieck
    • Salix purpurea var. pendula Regel
    • Salix purpurea var. ramulosa (Borrer) Bab.
    • Salix purpurea var. rossmaessleri Willk.
    • Salix purpurea var. rossmaessleri Willk. ex Lange
    • Salix purpurea var. sandomiriensis Zapal.
    • Salix purpurea var. scharfenbergensis Bolle
    • Salix purpurea var. sericea (Ser.) Dumort.
    • Salix purpurea var. smithiana F.W. Schultz
    • Salix purpurea var. subverticillata (Ser.) Dumort.
    • Salix purpurea var. vistulensis Zapal.
    • Salix purpurea var. wollgariana (Borrer) Bab.
    • Salix ritschelii Andersson
    • Salix roopii (Goerz) Grossh.
    • Salix rosea Gray
    • Salix rossmaessleri Willk.
    • Salix rossmaessleri Willk. ex Andersson
    • Salix rubra var. helix (L.) Syme
    • Salix sansoniana Turcz.
    • Salix semihelix Lasch ex Wimm.
    • Salix seringeana Lecoq & Lamotte
    • Salix sphaerocephala A.Kern.
    • Salix tenuijulis var. roopii Goerz
    • Salix tenuis Tausch
    • Salix uralensis K. Koch
    • Salix viminalis Turcz.
    • Vetrix helix (L.) Raf.
    • Vetrix purpurea (L.) Raf.
    • Vetrix sicula Raf.
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Salix purpurea, known in Britain as purple willow, is a shrub or small tree native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. It has been introduced to many other parts of the world as an ornamental garden plant, and it is widely used in basket making. Within its native range and some places where it is naturalised it is found in wetlands such as lake margins and the floodplains of rivers.