Salicaceae
Grayleaf willow
Salix glauca
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (13)
- Chinese
- 灰蓝柳, 灰藍柳
- Czech
- Vrba sivá
- Danish
- Blågrå Pil
- English
- Grayleaf willow, Glaucous willow, Gray willow, White willow
- Estonian
- Sinihall paju
- Finnish
- Tunturipaju, Norotunturipaju
- German
- Seidenhaarige Weide
- hsb
- Šěromódra wjerba
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sølvvier
- Russian
- Ива сизая
- se
- Ránessieđga
- Swedish
- Ripvide, Ryssvide
- Turkish
- Gri yapraklı söğüt
Synonyms
- Oisodix glauca (L.) Raf.
- Salix appendiculata Vahl
- Salix desertorum var. elata Andersson
- Salix glauca subsp. glauca
- Salix glauca var. glauca
- Salix parvifolia Andersson
- Salix seemannii Rydb.
- Salix sericea Vill.
- Salix sericeocinerea Nakai
- Salix stipulifera Flod. ex Hayren
- Salix subcordata Andersson
- Salix tomentosa Host
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 247 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Gaskin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hannes Grobe , AWI, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Екатерина Гущина, 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.