Malvaceae
Silver lime
Tilia tomentosa
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Tilia
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Common names
By language (40)
- Arabic
- زيزفون لبدي, تيليا, زيزفون فضي
- arz
- زيزفون لبدى
- Asturian
- Tilar platiada
- azb
- گۆموشو جؤکه
- Azerbaijani
- Tüklü cökə
- Basque
- Ezki ilauntsu, Ezki zilarkara
- Belarusian
- Ліпа лямцавая
- Bulgarian
- Сребролистна липа
- Chinese
- 銀毛椴, 银毛椴, 银叶椴
- Croatian
- Srebrnolisna lipa
- Czech
- Lípa stříbrná, Lípa plstnatá, Lípa řapíkatá
- Danish
- Sølv-Lind
- Dutch
- Zilverlinde
- English
- Silver lime, Silver linden, White linden, Pendent silver linden
- Estonian
- Hõbepärn
- Finnish
- Hopealehmus
- French
- Tilleul argenté, Tilleul argente, Tilleul argenté pleureur
- Galician
- Tileiro prateado
- German
- Silber-Linde, Silberlinde, Ungarische Silberlinde
- Greek
- Φλαμουριά, Φιλουριά
- hsb
- Slěborna lipa, Wisata lipa
- Hungarian
- Ezüst hárs
- Icelandic
- Silfurlind
- Japanese
- ギンヨウボダイジュ, シルバーライム
- Latvian
- Sudrabliepa, Sudraba liepa
- Lithuanian
- Sidabrinė liepa
- Luxembourgish
- Sëlwerlann
- Macedonian
- Сребрена липа
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sølvlind
- Persian
- نمدار نقرهای, لیندن نقرهای, نمدار نقره ای
- Polish
- Lipa srebrzysta, Lipa węgierska
- Romanian
- Tei argintiu
- Russian
- Липа пушистая, Липа венгерская, Липа войлочная, Липа серебристая
- Serbian
- Сребрна липа
- Slovak
- Lipa striebristá, Lipa plstnatá
- Slovenian
- Srebrna lipa
- Spanish
- Tilo hungaro, Tilo húngaro, Tilo plateado
- Swedish
- Silverlind
- Turkish
- Gümüşi ıhlamur
- Ukrainian
- Липа повстиста, Липа срібляста
Synonyms
- Lindnera alba Fuss
- Tilia alba Waldst. & Kit.
- Tilia alba Aiton
- Tilia alba var. petiolaris (DC.) Loudon
- Tilia argentea DC.
- Tilia communis var. argentea (DC.) K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.
- Tilia gigantea Dippel
- Tilia glauca Schwein. ex Bayer
- Tilia macrophylla hort. ex Steud.
- Tilia pannonica J.Jacq. ex Bayer
- Tilia peduncularis Delile ex Bayer
- Tilia petiolaris DC.
- Tilia pseudolongirostris J.Wagner ex Vöröss
- Tilia rotundifolia Vent.
- Tilia tomentosa f. pendula Schelle
- Tilia tomentosa subsp. petiolaris Soó
- Tilia tomentosa var. inaequalis Simonk.
- Tilia tomentosa var. obliqua Thüm.
- Tilia tomentosa var. pannonica Borbás
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. JoJan assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sim Elliott, CC0, from iNaturalist ![Silver lime: Silver Lime [Linden], Tilia tomentosa , Morton Arboretum acc. 1040-65*2](/plants/tilia-tomentosa/photos/a26400dafb585e79-s.webp)
Photo: Bruce Marlin, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis Williams, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steven Cross, CC0, from iNaturalist
![Silver lime: Silver Lime [Linden], Tilia tomentosa , Morton Arboretum acc. 1040-65*2](/plants/tilia-tomentosa/photos/a26400dafb585e79-l.webp)
More in Tilia
- Small-leaved limeTilia cordataMalvaceae
- Large-leaved limeTilia platyphyllosMalvaceae
- Common limeTilia × europaeaMalvaceae
- American basswoodTilia americanaMalvaceae
- Amur limeTilia amurensisMalvaceae
- Tilia dasystylaMalvaceae
- Henry's limeTilia henryanaMalvaceae
- Manchurian limeTilia mandshuricaMalvaceae
- Japanese limeTilia japonicaMalvaceae
- Mongolian limeTilia mongolicaMalvaceae
- Chinese lindenTilia chinensisMalvaceae
- Tilia miquelianaMalvaceae
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.