Salicaceae
Creeping willow
Salix repens
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- صفصاف زاحف
- arz
- صفصاف زاحف
- Chinese
- 甘南沼柳, 匍匐柳
- csb
- Roczicëna
- Czech
- Vrba plazivá
- Danish
- Krybende pil
- Dutch
- Kruipwilg
- English
- Creeping willow, Sauleron, Silver willow
- Estonian
- Hanepaju
- Finnish
- Hanhenpaju, Siropaju
- French
- Saule rampant
- frr
- Pualemrut
- Galician
- Salgueiro anano
- German
- Kriech-Weide, Moorweide
- hsb
- Drobna wjerba, Wjerbica
- Lithuanian
- Gulsčiasis karklas
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Krypvier
- Polish
- Wierzba płożąca
- Swedish
- Krypvide
- Welsh
- Corhelygen
Synonyms
- Biggina argentea Raf.
- Diplima subsessilis Raf.
- Salix adscendens Sm.
- Salix ambigua var. microphylla Schultz
- Salix angustifolia Wulfen
- Salix argentea Dum.Cours.
- Salix argentea Sm.
- Salix decumbens J.Forbes
- Salix foetida Sm.
- Salix fusca L.
- Salix incubacea L.
- Salix laeta Schultz
- Salix laeta var. myrtifolia Schultz
- Salix litoralis Host
- Salix parvifolia Sm.
- Salix polymorpha Ehrh.
- Salix pratensis Host
- Salix prostrata Sm.
- Salix repens subsp. argentea (Fr.) A.Camus & E.G.Camus
- Salix repens var. argentea St.-Lag.
- Salix repens var. argentea Rchb.
- Salix repens var. latifolia Neilr.
- Salix repens var. nitida (Ser.) Wender.
- Salix subalpina J.Forbes
- Salix tenuis Host
- Salix versicolor J.Forbes
- Vimen parvifolia (Sm.) Raf.
- Vimen repens (L.) Raf.
Photos
Photo: Opioła Jerzy, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michel Langeveld, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, 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.