Salicaceae
Purple willow
Salix purpurea
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (40)
- Arabic
- صفصاف أرجواني
- Aragonese
- Sarguera, Berguera, Mimbrera, Verguera
- Armenian
- Ուռենի դեղնաճյուղ
- arz
- صفصاف ارجوانى
- Asturian
- Salguera bermeya
- Azerbaijani
- Purpur söyüd
- Basque
- Zume gorri
- Belarusian
- Жаўталоз
- Bulgarian
- Червена върба
- Catalan
- Osier pourpre
- Chinese
- 紫紅柳, 紫红柳
- Corsican
- Vetriccia
- Czech
- Vrba nachová
- Danish
- Purpur-Pil
- Dutch
- Bittere wilg
- English
- Purple willow, Purpleosier willow, Purple osier
- Estonian
- Punapaju
- Finnish
- Punapaju
- French
- Osier pourpre, Osier rouge, Saule pourpre
- German
- Purpur-Weide, Purpurweide, Osier pourpre
- hsb
- Čerwjena wjerba, Čerwjeńca
- Hungarian
- Csigolyafűz, Bíborfűz
- Indonesian
- Dedalu ungu
- Italian
- Salice rosso
- Kazakh
- Сары тал
- kw
- Owsyl purpur
- Lithuanian
- Purpurinis karklas, Osier pourpre
- Macedonian
- Ракита
- mzn
- سرخ بید
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rødpil
- Persian
- بید سرخ
- Polish
- Wierzba purpurowa
- Romanian
- Răchită roșie
- Russian
- Ива пурпурная, Желтолозник
- Serbian
- Ракита
- Slovenian
- Rdeča vrba
- Spanish
- Mimbre colorada, Mimbre de rio, Mimbre de río, Mimbre fina, Mimbre purpura, Mimbre púrpura, Mimbrera purpura, Mimbrera púrpura
- Swedish
- Rödvide, Osier pourpre
- Ukrainian
- Верба пурпурова, Верба червона
- Welsh
- Helygen gochlas
Synonyms
- Knafia helix Opiz
- Knafia purpurea (L.) Opiz
- Salix caesifolia Drobow
- Salix carniolica Host
- Salix helix L.
- Salix helix J.Walker
- Salix monandra Ard.
- Salix monandra var. sericea Ser.
- Salix monandra var. subverticillata Ser.
- Salix multiformis Döll
- Salix mutabilis Host
- Salix olivacea Thuill.
- Salix oppositifolia Host
- Salix pontederana Schleich.
- Salix purpurea f. eriantha Wimm.
- Salix purpurea f. furcata Wimm.
- Salix purpurea f. sericea (Ser.) Wimm.
- Salix purpurea f. styligera Wimm.
- Salix tenuis Tausch
- Vetrix purpurea (L.) Raf.
- Vetrix sicula Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 60 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alice Shanks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alice Shanks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Willow, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Willow, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sascha Nunheim, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Willow, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kostas Zontanos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nadezhda Kiseleva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.