Salicaceae
Least willow
Salix rotundifolia
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (4)
- Bulgarian
- Кръглолистна върба
- Chinese
- 圆叶柳
- English
- Least willow
- Russian
- Ива круглолистная, Ива округлолистная
Synonyms
- Salix leiocarpa (Cham.) Coville
- Salix polaris var. leiocarpa Cham.
- Salix rotundifolia subsp. rotundifolia
- Salix rotundifolia var. rotundifolia
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: 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 
Photo: Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Muir, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Поспелов И. Н., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Henry Frye, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Поспелов И. Н., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: willhendricks, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Поспелов И. Н., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Bowser, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Поспелов И. Н., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Bowser, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.