Salicaceae
Eared willow
Salix aurita
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- صفصاف أذني
- arz
- صفصاف اذنى
- Basque
- Sahats arrunt
- Belarusian
- Лаза вушастая
- Bulgarian
- Уховиднолистна върба
- Catalan
- Vimassa
- Chinese
- 耳柳
- Czech
- Vrba ušatá
- Danish
- Øret Pil
- Dutch
- Geoorde wilg
- English
- Eared willow
- Estonian
- Kõrvpaju
- Finnish
- Virpapaju
- French
- Saule à oreillettes, Petit marsault, Saule à oreillette
- Galician
- Salgueiro orelludo
- German
- Ohr-Weide, Salbei-Weide, Öhrchen-Weide, Ohrweide
- hsb
- Wuškata wjerba, Rokot
- Hungarian
- Füles fűz
- Japanese
- ユスラバヤナギ
- Lithuanian
- Ausytasis karklas
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ørevier, Øyrevier
- Persian
- بید گوشدار
- Polish
- Wierzba uszata
- Russian
- Ива ушастая
- Slovenian
- Rakita
- Spanish
- Sargato, Sauce de orejillas
- Swedish
- Bindvide
- Ukrainian
- Верба вушката
- Welsh
- Helygen glustiog
Synonyms
- Capraea aurita (L.) Opiz
- Salix aurita f. cordifolia Wimm.
- Salix aurita f. rhomboidalis Wimm.
- Salix aurita f. uliginosa (Starke ex Willd.) Wimm.
- Salix cinnamomea Schleich.
- Salix conformis Schleich. ex Ser.
- Salix heterophylla Host
- Salix rugosa Ser.
- Salix uliginosa Willd.
- Salix ulmifolia Vill.
Flowers
- In flower
- May (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Rebecca Gimenez Husted, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Willow, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Clément Maouche, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Willow, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Willow, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Willow, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Willow, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Willow, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Bay willowSalix pentandraSalicaceae
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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.