Salicaceae
Arctic willow
Salix arctica
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Salix arcticaSalicaceae
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Common names
By language (24)
- arz
- ساليكس القطب الشمالى
- Azerbaijani
- Arktika söyüdü
- Bulgarian
- Арктическа върба
- Catalan
- Salze àrtic
- Chinese
- 北极柳, 北極柳
- Croatian
- Arktička vrba
- Czech
- Vrba arktická
- English
- Arctic willow
- Faroese
- Arktiskur pílur
- Finnish
- Tundrapaju
- French
- Saule arctique
- German
- Arktische Weide, Arktis-Weide
- Hungarian
- Sarki fűz
- Icelandic
- Fjallavíðir
- iu
- Uqpik
- Japanese
- 北極ヤナギ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tundravier
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Tundravier
- Persian
- بید شمالگانی
- Polish
- Wierzba arktyczna
- Portuguese
- Salgueiro-do-ártico
- Russian
- Ива арктическая
- Swedish
- Ishavsvide
- udm
- Арктикаысь бадь
Synonyms
- Salix anglorum Cham.
- Salix anglorum var. araioclada C.K.Schneid.
- Salix arctica subsp. arctica
- Salix arctica var. antiplasta (C.K.Schneid.) Fernald
- Salix arctica var. araioclada (C.K.Schneid.) Raup
- Salix arctica var. arctica
- Salix arctica var. brownii Andersson
- Salix arctica var. kophophylla (C.K.Schneid.) Polunin
- Salix brownei Lundstr.
- Salix brownii (Andersson) Bebb
- Salix diplodictya Trautv.
- Salix ehlei Flod.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.