NameThatPlant.net: Salix purpurea

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salix purpurea FAMILY Salicaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Basket Willow at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix purpurea FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Salix purpurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Salix purpurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-001:

Salix purpurea FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Salix purpurea

COMMON NAME:
Basket Willow, Purple Willow, Purple-osier Willow

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image of Salix purpurea, Basket Willow, Purple Willow, Purple-osier Willow

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sapu2_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salix purpurea FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salix purpurea FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Salix purpurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Salix purpurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 051-01-001:
Salix purpurea FAMILY Salicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salix purpurea

3769

Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: floodplain forests, streambanks, wet, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Mostly alternate, but some opposite or subopposite
Petioles 2-11mm long

FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
Sepals absent
Petals absent
1 stamen with 2 anthers
Superior ovary

Flowers in catkins, inflorescence usually erect

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

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