Salicaceae
Downy willow
Salix lapponum
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (8)
- Czech
- Vrba laponská, Vrba laponská krkonošská
- English
- Downy willow
- Finnish
- Pohjanpaju
- French
- Saule des Lapons
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Lappvier
- Polish
- Wierzba lapońska
- Russian
- Ива лопарская
- Welsh
- Helygen bannog
Synonyms
- Diplima stuartiana (Sm.) Raf.
- Salix alaternoides J.Forbes
- Salix arenaria var. marrubiifolia Tausch
- Salix ceretana (P.Monts.) J.Chmelař
- Salix daphneola Tausch
- Salix eleagnifolia J.Forbes
- Salix helvetica subsp. marrubiifolia (Tausch) Flod.
- Salix lapponum var. daphneola (Tausch) Wimm.
- Salix lapponum var. marrubiifolia (Tausch) Wimm.
- Salix marrubiifolia Tausch ex Andersson
- Salix stuartiana Sm.
- Salix sudetica Host
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 240 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Robert Matthews, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Игорь Васильев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Игорь Васильев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vladimir Atachkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.