Salicaceae
Olive willow
Salix eleagnos
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (17)
- Basque
- Zume hostoestu
- Catalan
- Sarga
- Czech
- Vrba šedá
- Dutch
- Parti fűz
- English
- Olive willow, Elaeagnus willow, Bitter willow, Elaeagnus willow,, Hoary willow, Rosemary willow
- Finnish
- Huopapaju, Laventelipaju
- Galician
- Sarga
- German
- Lavendel-Weide, Lavendelweide
- hsb
- Lěwanćikowa wjerba
- Hungarian
- Parti fűz
- Persian
- بید سنجدی
- Polish
- Wierzba siwa
- Slovenian
- Siva vrba
- Spanish
- Berguera, Salciña, Sarga comun, Sarga común, Sarga de fabara, Sauce gris
- Swedish
- Lavendelvide
- Turkish
- İğde yapraklı söğüt
- Welsh
- Helygen dail olewydd
Synonyms
- Salix angustifolia Poir.
- Salix eleagnos subsp. angustifolia (Cariot) Rech.f.
- Salix incana Schrank
- Salix incana var. angustifolia Cariot
- Salix lavandulifolia Lapeyr.
- Salix linearis J.Forbes
- Salix oleifolia Ser.
- Salix otites hort. ex Dippel
- Salix patula Ser.
- Salix riparia Willd.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 17 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pia Stermann, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. MPF assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean Jacques Godon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Martin Scheuch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christoph Moning, 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). About our plant data.