Salicaceae
Red willow
Salix laevigata
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Red willow, Polished willow
- Persian
- بید براق
Synonyms
- Pleiarina laevigata (Bebb) N.Chao & J.Liu
- Salix bonplandiana var. laevigata (Bebb) Dorn
- Salix congesta (Bebb) Howell
- Salix laevigata f. araquipa Jeps.
- Salix laevigata var. angustifolia Bebb
- Salix laevigata var. araquipa (Jeps.) C.R.Ball
- Salix laevigata var. congesta Bebb
- Salix laevigata var. laevigata
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Madeleine Claire, CC BY 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.