Salicaceae
Myrtle willow
Salix myrsinites
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (8)
- Czech
- Vrba horská
- English
- Myrtle willow, Green whortle willow, Whortle-leaved willow
- Finnish
- Lettopaju
- Icelandic
- Myrtuvíðir
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Myrtevier
- Russian
- Ива миртолистная
- Swedish
- Glansvide
- Welsh
- Helygen dail llus
Synonyms
- Salix fusca Jacq.
- Salix procumbens J.Forbes
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 40 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Matti Virtala, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jan Vršovský, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pieter Huybrechts, CC0, 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.