Salicaceae
Snowbed willow
Salix herbacea
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- صفصاف قزم, صفصاف صغير
- arz
- صفصاف قزم
- Azerbaijani
- Otvari söyüd
- Bulgarian
- Тревиста върба
- Chinese
- 矮柳
- Czech
- Vrba bylinná
- Dutch
- Kruidwilg
- English
- Snowbed willow, Dwarf willow, Least willow
- Faroese
- Urtapílur
- Finnish
- Vaivaispaju
- French
- Saule herbacé, Saule nain
- German
- Kraut-Weide, Krautweide
- hsb
- Zelojta wjerba
- Icelandic
- Grasvíðir
- Japanese
- ドワーフ・ウィロー
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Musøre, Trippelvier
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Musøyre
- Polish
- Wierzba zielna, Wierzba nibyzielna
- Russian
- Ива травянистая
- se
- Gironlasta
- Slovenian
- Zelnata vrba
- Swedish
- Dvärgvide
- Tamil
- மிகச் சிறிய மரம்
- Turkish
- Cüce söğüt
- Ukrainian
- Верба трав'яна
- Vietnamese
- Liễu lùn
- Welsh
- Helygen fach
Synonyms
- Ripselaxis herbacea (L.) Raf.
- Salix herbacea f. herbacea
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 65 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jake Dalzell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Opioła Jerzy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ward Fallowfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Opioła Jerzy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paweł Madejski, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: syrinx, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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- Purple willowSalix purpureaSalicaceae
- Bay willowSalix pentandraSalicaceae
- Almond willowSalix triandraSalicaceae
- Eared willowSalix auritaSalicaceae
- Arctic willowSalix arcticaSalicaceae
- Siberian violet-willowSalix acutifoliaSalicaceae
- Netleaf willowSalix reticulataSalicaceae
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.