Salicaceae

Lemmon's willow

Salix lemmonii Bebb

Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix

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Lemmon's willow (Salix lemmonii) — LeavesPhoto: Daughter Dad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Lemmon's willow

Synonyms

Salix austinae Bebb
Salix lemmonii var. austinae C.K.Schneid.
Salix lemmonii var. macrostachya Bebb
Salix lemmonii var. melanolepis Bebb
Salix lemmonii var. sphaerostachya Bebb

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

LeavesPhoto: Daughter Dad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Ben Sims, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Eddie Dunbar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Claire Elliott, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: mark-groeneveld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dan Horowitz, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.