Salicaceae

Bog willow

Salix pedicellaris Pursh

Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Salix

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Bog willow (Salix pedicellaris) — FlowerPhoto: Owen Strickland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Bog willow

Synonyms

Salix myrtilloides var. hypoglauca (Fernald) C.R.Ball
Salix pedicellaris var. hypoglauca Fernald
Salix pedicellaris var. pedicellaris
Salix pedicellaris var. tenuescens Fernald
Usionis pedicillaris (Pursh) Raf.

Flowers

In flower: May to June (from 47 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Owen Strickland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Troy McConaghy, CC0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Jacob Read, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Skyler Principe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, 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.