Salicaceae
Tealeaf willow
Salix pulchra
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (4)
- Bulgarian
- Красива върба
- English
- Tealeaf willow, Diamondleaf willow, Thin red willow
- Persian
- بید پولچرا
- Russian
- Ива красивая
Synonyms
- Salix anadyrensis Flod.
- Salix arbusculoides f. glabra (Andersson) B.Boivin
- Salix arbusculoides f. glabra Andersson
- Salix arbusculoides var. glabra Andersson
- Salix divaricata subsp. pulchra (Cham.) Vorosch.
- Salix fulcrata var. subglauca Andersson
- Salix humillima var. glabra (Andersson) Andersson
- Salix phylicifolia subsp. pulchra (Cham.) Hultén
- Salix phylicifolia var. subglauca (Andersson) B.Boivin
- Salix planifolia subsp. pulchra (Cham.) Argus
- Salix planifolia var. yukonensis (C.K.Schneid.) Argus
- Salix pulchra var. anadyrensis A.K.Skvortsov
- Salix pulchra var. betulicortex Kozhevn.
- Salix pulchra var. looffiae C.R.Ball
- Salix pulchra var. palmeri C.R.Ball
- Salix pulchra var. yukonensis C.K.Schneid.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Поспелов И. Н., CC BY 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.