Salicaceae
Large gray willow
Salix atrocinerea
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (11)
- Asturian
- Salguera prieta, Umeru
- Basque
- Sahats ilun
- Catalan
- Gatell
- Dutch
- Rossige wilg
- English
- Large gray willow, Grey willow, Rusty willow
- Galician
- Salgueiro bravo
- German
- Rostrote Weide
- mwl
- Salgueiro
- Persian
- بید خاکستری
- Portuguese
- Salgueiro-preto, Borrazeira-preta, Vimeiro-preto
- Spanish
- Garbatera, Sagallino, Salgueiru, Salgueriza, Salz, Salz mimbre, Sauce cenizo, Sauce prieto
Synonyms
- Salix cinerascens Andersson
- Salix cinerascens Link ex Willd.
- Salix cinerea subsp. oleifolia (Gaudin) Macreight
- Salix cinerea var. atrocinerea (Brot.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Salix cinerea var. catalaunica (Senn.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Salix cinerea var. oleifolia Macreight
- Salix guinieri Chass. & Goerz
- Salix incerta Lapeyr.
- Salix oleifolia Sm.
- Salix rufinervis DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 59 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Carminda Santos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Branson Khounvichith, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: BCB, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sean Hartnett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lythronax246, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Morris, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.