Salicaceae
Basket willow
Salix viminalis
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Salix
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Common names
By language (43)
- Arabic
- صفصاف السلالين, خلاف بري
- arz
- صفصاف السلالين
- Asturian
- Vimenera
- Azerbaijani
- Çubuqşəkilli söyüd
- Basque
- Zume jator
- Belarusian
- Лаза прырэчная, Лаза, Лаза паўзрэчная, Лаза руская
- Bulgarian
- Ракита
- Catalan
- Vimetera, Vimer
- Chinese
- 蒿柳, 清钢柳, 绢柳
- csb
- Witkòwô wierzba
- Czech
- Vrba košařská, Vrba košíkářská
- Danish
- Bånd-Pil
- Dutch
- Katwilg, Teenwilg
- English
- Basket willow, Common osier, Osier
- Esperanto
- Vimeno
- Estonian
- Vitspaju
- Finnish
- Koripaju
- French
- Saule des vanniers, Osier du vannier, Osier vert
- Galician
- Vimieiro
- German
- Korb-Weide, Korbweide, Hanf-Weide, Hanfweide
- hsb
- Witkowa wjerba, Konopina
- Icelandic
- Körfuvíðir
- Irish
- Saileánach
- Italian
- Vinco
- Japanese
- サリックス・ヴィミナリス
- kw
- Owsyl
- Latvian
- Klūdziņu kārkls
- Lithuanian
- Žilvitinis karklas, Žilvitis
- Macedonian
- Кошничарска врба
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kurvpil, Korgpil
- Persian
- بید سبدی
- Polish
- Wierzba wiciowa, Konopianka, Wierzba energetyczna, Wierzba krzaczasta, Wierzba krzewiasta, Witwa
- Romanian
- Mlajă
- Russian
- Ива прутовидная, Белотал, Ива корзиночная, Верболоз, Кузовица, Лоза, Ива блестящая, Ива истинно-прутьевая
- sgs
- Žilvėtis
- Slovenian
- Beka
- Spanish
- Mimbre, Mimbra, Mimbre blanca, Mimbre dorao, Mimbrera macho, Mimbron, Mimbrón, Sauce mimbre
- Swedish
- Korgvide, Korgpil
- Turkish
- Sepetçi söğüdü
- udm
- Корзинка бадь
- Ukrainian
- Верба прутовидна, Верба корзиночна
- vec
- Salgaro
- Welsh
- Helygen wiail
Synonyms
- Diplima viminalis (L.) Raf.
- Salix linearis Turcz.
- Salix longifolia Lam.
- Salix polia C.K.Schneid.
- Salix rossica Nasarow
- Salix rufescens Nasarow
- Salix russica Nasarow
- Salix serotina Pall.
- Salix splendens Nasarow
- Salix strobilacea (E.L.Wolf) Nasarow
- Salix veriviminalis Nasarow
- Salix viminalis subsp. veriviminalis Hyl.
- Salix viminalis subsp. viminalis
- Salix viminalis var. semiviminalis Poljakov
- Salix viminalis var. strobilacea E.L.Wolf
- Salix virescens Vill.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 26 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sim Elliott, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aga_l_, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Yvonne Engmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patricio Novoa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Willow, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Willow, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Willow, CC BY-SA 2.5, 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.