Salicaceae
Narrowleaf willow
Salix exigua
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 黃線柳, 黄线柳
- Dutch
- Smalbladige wilg
- English
- Narrowleaf willow, Coyote willow, Sandbar willow
- nv
- Sǫʼtsoh nátʼoh
Synonyms
- Salix argophylla Nutt.
- Salix exigua subsp. exigua
- Salix exigua var. exigua
- Salix exigua var. luteosericea C.K.Schneid.
- Salix exigua var. nevadensis (S.Watson) C.K.Schneid.
- Salix exigua var. stenophylla (Rydb.) C.K.Schneid.
- Salix exigua var. virens Rowlee
- Salix fluviatilis var. argophylla (Nutt.) Sarg.
- Salix fluviatilis var. argyrophylla Sarg.
- Salix fluviatilis var. exigua (Nutt.) Sarg.
- Salix hindsiana f. tenuifolia Andersson
- Salix hindsiana var. tenuifolia (Andersson) C.K.Schneid.
- Salix longifolia f. opaca (Andersson) C.K.Schneid.
- Salix longifolia f. paucidenticulata Kuntze
- Salix longifolia var. argophylla (Nutt.) S.Watson
- Salix longifolia var. exigua (Nutt.) Bebb
- Salix longifolia var. opaca Andersson
- Salix longifolia var. opaca C.R.Ball
- Salix luteosericea Rydb.
- Salix nevadensis S.Watson
- Salix stenophylla Rydb.
- Vetrix linearifolia Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to June (from 212 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: John Kenny, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: eheusishdb, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mark Pollock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Curtis Clark assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ed Alverson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Charlie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mary K. Hanson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: willingarden, 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.