Salicaceae
Missouri River willow
Salix eriocephala
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 毛头柳
- English
- Missouri River willow, Heart-leaved willow
- French
- Saule à tête laineuse
- hsb
- Wutrobojta wjerba
- Polish
- Wierzba amerykanka
- Swedish
- Styvvide
- Welsh
- Helygen dail calon
Synonyms
- Biggina angustata (Pursh) Raf.
- Diplusion cordata Raf.
- Diplusion rigida (Muhl.) Raf.
- Salix angustata Pursh
- Salix cordata Muhl.
- Salix cordata subsp. rigida (Muhl.) Andersson
- Salix cordata var. abrasa Fernald
- Salix cordata var. angustata (Pursh) Andersson
- Salix cordata var. missouriensis Mack. & Bush
- Salix cordata var. rigida (Muhl.) J.Carey
- Salix cordata var. vestita Andersson
- Salix discolor var. eriocephala (Michx.) Andersson
- Salix discolor var. latifolia Andersson
- Salix eriocephala var. eriocephala
- Salix missouriensis Bebb
- Salix myricoides var. cordata Dippel
- Salix myricoides var. rigida Dippel
- Salix rigida Muhl.
- Salix rigida var. angustata (Pursh) Fernald
- Salix rigida var. vestita (Andersson) C.R.Ball
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.