Salicaceae
MacKenzie's willow
Salix prolixa
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- MacKenzie's willow
Synonyms
- Salix cordata subsp. mackenziana (Hook.) A.E.Murray
- Salix cordata subsp. mackenzieana (Hook.) A.E.Murray
- Salix cordata var. mackenzieana Hook.
- Salix eriocephala subsp. mackenzieana (Hook.) Dorn
- Salix eriocephala var. mackenzieana (Hook.) Dorn
- Salix mackenziana Barratt ex Hook.
- Salix mackenzieana (Hook.) Barratt ex Andersson
- Salix mackenzieana var. macrogemma C.R.Ball
- Salix rigida subsp. mackenzieana (Hook.) A.E.Murray
- Salix rigida var. mackenzieana (Hook.) Cronquist
- Salix rigida var. macrogemma (C.R.Ball) Cronquist
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Allison McCabe, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: dougbrown, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Tom Erler, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Shaan Aroeste, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shaan Aroeste, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, 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.