Salicaceae
Halberd willow
Salix hastata
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (15)
- Bulgarian
- Копиелистна върба
- Chinese
- 戟柳
- Czech
- Vrba hrotolistá, Vrba hrotolistá svěží
- Danish
- Spyd-Pil
- English
- Halberd willow, Large-stipuled willow
- Finnish
- Kalvaspaju, Tunturikalvaspaju
- German
- Spiess-Weide, Spieß-Weide, Engadin-Weide
- hsb
- Hlebjojta wjerba
- Hungarian
- Dárdás fűz
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bleikvier, Blekvier, Kalkbleikvier, Kalkblekvier, Lappbleikvier, Lappblekvier, Vanlig bleikvier
- Polish
- Wierzba oszczepowata, Wierzba hastata
- Russian
- Ива копьевидная
- Slovak
- Vŕba oštepovitolistá
- Slovenian
- Kopjasta vrba
- Swedish
- Blekvide
Synonyms
- Salix cerasifolia Schleich. ex Spreng.
- Salix elegans Host
- Salix farrae var. walpoleii Coville & C.R.Ball
- Salix farriae var. walpolei Coville & C.R.Ball
- Salix hastata subsp. psiloides Flod.
- Salix hastatella Rech.f.
- Salix malifolia Sm.
- Salix pontederae Vill.
- Salix psiloides Flod.
- Salix psyloides Kom.
- Salix serrulata Willd.
- Salix walpolei (Coville & C.R.Ball) C.R.Ball
- Vimen hastata (L.) Raf.
- Vimen malifolia (Sm.) Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Maja Dumat, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sten, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fontema, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.