Salicaceae

Yellow willow

Salix lutea Nutt.

Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix

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Yellow willow (Salix lutea) — FlowerPhoto: Mark Pollock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Yellow willow

Synonyms

Salix cordata var. lutea (Nutt.) Bebb
Salix cordata var. watsonii Bebb
Salix eriocephala var. watsonii (Bebb) Dorn
Salix flava Rydb.
Salix lutea var. lutea
Salix lutea var. watsonii (Bebb) Jeps.
Salix rigida subsp. watsonii (Bebb) A.E.Murray
Salix rigida var. watsonii (Bebb) Cronquist
Salix watsonii (Bebb) Rydb.

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Mark Pollock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Mark Pollock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: LM Cunningham, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Jim Morefield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.