Salicaceae
Grey willow
Salix cinerea
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (36)
- Arabic
- صفصاف, عود الماء
- azb
- کولواری سؤیود
- Azerbaijani
- Külvari söyüd
- Bangla
- স্যালিক্স সিনেরিয়া
- Basque
- Sahats hauskara
- Bulgarian
- Сива върба
- Catalan
- Saule cendré
- Chinese
- 灰毛柳, 灰柳
- Croatian
- Siva vrba
- Czech
- Vrba popelavá
- Danish
- Gråpil, Grå-Pil
- Dutch
- Grauwe wilg, Grauwe wilg en rossige wilg
- English
- Grey willow, Large gray willow, Common sallow, Grey sallow, Grey-leaved sallow, Large grey willow, Pussy willow, Rusty sallow
- Estonian
- Tuhkur paju
- Finnish
- Tuhkapaju
- French
- Saule cendré
- German
- Asch-Weide, Grau-Weide, Saule cendré
- hsb
- Šěra wjerba
- Hungarian
- Hamvas fűz
- Icelandic
- Gráselja
- Irish
- Saileach liath
- Japanese
- サリクス・キネレア
- kw
- Helyk loos
- Lithuanian
- Pilkasis karklas, Pilkasis gluosnis, Saule cendré
- Macedonian
- Лагушка, Барска ива
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gråselje
- Persian
- بید خاکستری بزرگ
- Polish
- Wierzba szara
- Romanian
- Zălog
- Russian
- Ива пепельная, Ива зопниковидная, Ива пепельно-серая, Ива серая, Чернолоз
- Slovenian
- Pepelnatosiva vrba
- Swedish
- Gråvide, Saule cendré
- Turkish
- Boz söğüt
- udm
- Пурысь бадь, Пепельной бадь
- Ukrainian
- Верба попеляста
- Welsh
- Helygen lwyd
Synonyms
- Capraea acuminata (Mill.) Opiz
- Capraea cinerea (L.) Opiz
- Salix acuminata Mill.
- Salix acuminata Thuill.
- Salix aurita var. cinerea (L.) Fiori
- Salix australis Schleich. ex J.Forbes
- Salix carinthiaca Host
- Salix deserticola Goerz ex Pavl.
- Salix discolor Host
- Salix geminata J.Forbes
- Salix incanescens J.Forbes
- Salix polymorpha Host
- Salix spadicea Vill.
- Salix timmii Schkuhr ex Rchb.
- Vimen cinerea (L.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 169 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alice Shanks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peakaytea, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Buckton, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gregs, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Надежда Прыкина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.