Scientific Name K to Z
Salix koreensis Korean Willow
selection: Salix koreensis 'Hakuro' Yellow leaf Korean Willow
Salix koriyanagi (Korean Willow)
selection: Salix koriyanagi 'Rubykins' Ruby Korean Willow
Salix kuznetsovii (Caucasian Willow)
Salix lasiandra (Red or Pacific Willow)
Salix lasiolepis 'Rogue' (Rogue Arroyo Willow)
Salix x leucopithecia (gracilistyla x caprea) Giant Pussy Willow
selections:
Salix x leucopithecia 'Black Cat'/'Lubbers Zwart' patented
Salix x leucopithecia 'Rabbits Foot'
Salix x leucopithecia 'Winter Glory'
Salix x ‘Licorice Whip’ (Licorice Whip Willow
Salix ligulifolia 'Placer' (Western Erect Willow) USDA Selection
Salix lucida (Shiny Willow)
Salix magnifica (Magnolia-leaf Willow)
Salix x meyeriana (pentandra x fragilis) Meyers Hybrid Willow
selections:
Salix x meyeriana 'Lumley' Meyers Willow selection
Salix x meyeriana 'Patent Lumley' Meyers Willow selection
Salix x meyeriana 'Silver Lake' (Prairie Reflection) patented
Salix miyabeana Japanese or Miyabe Willow)
selections:
Salix miyabeana 'Arnold Select'
Salix miyabeana 'Winter Green'
Salix mollisima Soft-leaf Willow
Salix myricoides Blue-leaf or Bayberry Willow Native
selection:
Salix myricoides 'Bronze Beauty'
Salix myrsinifolia (Green Myrsine-leaf Willow)
selection:
Salix myrsinifolia 'Blackskin' (Black-stem Willow)
Salix nakaruma 'Yezo-alpina' (Dwarf Japanese Willow)
Salix nigra (Black Willow)
Salix nipponica (Japanese Willow)
Salix paraplesia (Western China)
Salix pellita (Satin Willow)
Salix x pendulina (Hybrid Weeping Willow)
selections:
Salix x pendulina forma 'Blanda'
Salix x pendulina f. erythroflexuosa Red-stem Curly Willow
Salix x pendulina f. erythroflexuosa 'Caradoc'
Salix x pendulina f. erythroflexuosa 'Golden Curls' Gold-stem Curly Willow
Salix x pendulina f. erythroflexuosa 'Scarcuzam'
Salix x pendulina f. erythroflexuosa 'Sunny Twist'
Salix x pendulina f. salamonii 'Chrysocoma' Common Weeping Willow
Salix x 'Prairie Cascade' (Salix pentandra x Salix x pendulina)
Salix petiolaris (Slender or Meadow Willow)
Salix pierotii (Asian White Willow)
Salix 'Pink Delight' (Salix 'Americana' x Salix eleagnos v. angustifolia)
Salix planifolia (diamond leaf or plane leaf willow)
Salix purpurea (Purple Willow)
selections:
Salix purpurea 'Fish Creek' (patented)
Salix purpurea ‘Gracilis’ (‘Nana') (Arctic or Dwarf Purple Willow
Salix purpurea 'Leicestershire Dicks'
Salix purpurea 'Multinervis' (this cultivar name is inaccurate)
Salix purpurea 'Nancy Saunders'
Salix purpurea HYBRIDS:
Salix purpurea x Salix koriyanagi 'Onondaga' (patented)
Salix purpurea x Salix miyabeana 'Oneida' (patented)
Salix purpurea x Salix miyabeana 'Millbrook' (patented)
Salix pyrifolia (Pear-leaf Willow)
Salix reinii (Rein's Willow)
Salix repens 'Arenaria' Silver Creeping Willow
Salix repens 'Buechler' Buechler's Silver Willow
Salix rosmarinifolia Rosemary Willow (true)
selections:
Salix rosmarinifolia x Salix viminalis 'Alexander'
Salix rosmarinifolia x Salix microstachya
Salix rorida Pink-bud Willow
selection
Salix x rubra (purpurea x viminalis) Hybrid Redstem Willow
selections: Salix x rubra 'Harrisons'
Salix schwerinii (Schwerin's Willow)
Salix sericea (Silky Willow)
Salix serissima (Autumn Willow)
Salix x smithiana (caprea x viminalis) Smith's hybrid Willow
Salix suchowensis (Suchow Willow, Korea)
selection
Salix suchowensis x S. leocopithecia (Hybrid Korean Willow)
Salix tenuijulis (Narrow Catkin Willow, Korea)
Salix 'The Hague' (xerdingeri x gracilistyla)
Salix triandra (Almond Willow)
selections:
Salix triandra 'Black Hollander'
Salix triandra 'Black Maul' x 'Grisette Noir'
Salix triandra 'Noir de Villaine'
Salix udensis (Uden Willow)
selections:
Salix udensis 'Golden Sunshine' (patented)
Salix udensis 'Sekka' (Dragon-tail Willow)
Salix udensis x miyabeana 'Conastoga' (patented)
Salix viminalis (Osier Willow)
selections:
Salix viminalis 'Bowhayes Strain A'
Salix viminalis 'Bowhayes Strain male'
Salix viminalis 'Bowles Hybrid'? not certain about this ID
Salix viminalis x miyabeana 'Ostico' (patented)
Why Use Scientific Names?
In different parts of the country and different parts of the world common names for plants differ which causes confusion. Scientific or Latin names are standard wherever you go. Not all plants have common names, but they all have scientific names!
SALIX INDEX
WillowWorld
of Michael Dodge
Salix acutifolia Sharp-leaf Willow
selections:
Salix acutifolia 'Blue Streak'
Salix acutifolia 'Moscow Cascade'
Salix acutifolia 'Pendulifolia'
Salix acmophylla Willow of the Brook
Salix aegyptiaca Musk Willow
Salix alba White Willow
selections:
Salix alba var. caerulea Cricket-bat Willow
Salix alba 'Laurina' Laurina White Willow
Salix alba 'Raesfeld Raesfield White Willow
Salix alba var. sericea Silver Willow
Salix alba 'Siberica' Weeping Silver Willow
Salix alba 'Siberica Vihdinpolun Weeping' Weeping Silver Willow
Salix alba ‘Silver Column' Upright Silver Willow
Salix alba 'St Oedenrode' Upright Silver Willow
Salix alba forma vitellina Red or Yellow Stem Willow
selections:
Salix alba f. vitellina 'Aurea'
Salix alba f. vitellina 'Basfordiana'
Salix alba f. vitellina 'Belgian Red'
Salix alba f. vitellina ‘Bouton Aigu’
Salix alba f. vitellina ‘Britzensis’
Salix alba f. vitellina 'Cardinal'
Salix alba f. vitellina 'Chermesina'
Salix alba f. vitellina 'Flame'
Salix alba f. vitellina 'Flame Yellow'
Salix alba f. vitellina ‘Flanders Red’
Salix alba f. vitellina ‘Fransgeel Rood'
Salix alba f. vitellina ‘Golden Willow'
Salix alba f. vitellina ‘Hutchinson's Yellow Bark’
Salix alba f. vitellina ‘Jaune de Falaise'
Salix alba f. vitellina ‘Rouge Ardennais
Salix x 'Americana' Hybrid Willow
Salix amygdaloides Peach-leaf Willow
Salix arbusculoides Little-tree Willow
Salix x 'Aquatica Gigantea 'Germany' Hybrid Willow female
Salix x 'Aquatica Gigantea 'Korso' Hybrid Willow female
Salix atrocinerea Rusty Willow INVASIVE
Salix aurita x viminalis (educated guess!) Hybrid Willow
Salix babylonica Chinese Weeping Willow
selections:
Salix babylonica 'Oberli' Oberli Nepalese Weeping Willow
Salix babylonica forma tortuosa Dragon's Claw Willow
Salix babylonica f. tortuosa 'Bijdorp' Bijdorp Curly Willow
Salix babylonica f. tortuosa ‘Dart's Snake' Snake or Curly Willow
Salix babylonica f. umbraculifera 'Navajo' Globe Willow
Salix x balfourii Balfour Hybrid Willow
Salix x 'Bankers' Bankers Hybrid Willow
Salix barratiana Barrat's Willow
Salix bebbiana Bebb's Willow
Salix bockii Chinese Autumn Willow
Salix x calliantha Beautiful Willow
Salix x calodendron Holme Willow
Salix candida Sageleaf Willow
Selection: Salix candida 'George Newman'
Salix cantabrica Cantabrian (Spanish) Willow
Salix caprea Pussy Willow or Goat Willow
selections:
Salix caprea 'Lemoines Improved' 'Lemoines' Pussy Willow
Salix caprea 'Ogon' Gold-leaf Pussy Willow, Japan
Salix caprea ‘Pendula' Weeping Pussy Willow
Salix caprea ‘Pendula Kilmarnock' Kilmarnock Weeping Willow
Salix caprea ‘Rosea' Pink Pussy Willow
Salix caprea 'Florist Select' Florist Pussy Willow
Salix caprea x cinerea? 'S365' Hybrid Pussy Willow
Salix caprea subspecies sphacelata Tree Pussy Willow
Salix caroliniana Carolina Willow
Salix chaenomeloides Quince-leaf Willow
Salix cinerea Gray willow
selection: Salix cinerea 'Variegata' Variegated Gray Willow
Salix columbiana 'Multnomah' Columbia River Willow
Salix cordata Heart-leaf Willow
Salix daphnoides European Violet Willow
selections:
Salix daphnoides 'Arkadia' Arkadia Violet Willow
Salix daphnoides 'Continental Purple' Continental Purple Willow
Salix daphnoides 'Oritkari' Yellow Stem Daphne Willow
Salix daphnoides 'Ovaro Udine' Italian Violet Willow
Salix daphnoides 'Oxford Violet' Oxford Violet Willow
Salix daphnoides 'Red Rocket' Red Stem Daphne Willow
Salix daphnoides x rorida Hybrid Willow
Salix xdasyclados (see S. gmelinii)
Salix discolor American Pussy Willow
selection: Salix discolor 'USDA Select' USDA Select Pussy Willow
Salix drummondiana Drummond's Willow
Salix x ehrhartiana Ehrhart's Hybrid Willow
Salix eleagnos Rosemary Willow
selection: Salix eleagnos f. angustifolia Rosemary Willow
Salix x erdingeri Hybrid Willow
Salix eriocephala Wooly-head Willow, Missouri Willow
selections:
Salix eriocephala 'American MacKay' 'American Mackay' Willow
Salix eriocephala ‘Russelliana' 'Russelliana' Willow
Salix eriocephala S25 'Vigorella' S25 hybrid willow
Salix exigua Coyote Willow
Salix fragilis Crack Willow
Salix fragilis 'Bullata' Round-Headed Crack Willow
Salix fragilis 'River Cloud' River Cloud Crack Willow
Salix geyeriana Geyer's Willow
Salix glabra Smooth Willow
Salix gmelinii Gmelin's Willow
Salix goodingii Gooding's Willow
Salix gracilistyla Rose-gold Pussy Willow
selections:
Salix gracilistyla 'Mt Aso' 'Mt Aso' Willow
Salix gracilistyla 'Melanostachys' Black Pussy Willow
Salix 'Harrison's Brown' Harrisons Brown Willow
Salix hastata Halberd Willow
selection: Salix hastata 'Wehrhahnii' Dwarf Halberd Willow
Salix hookeriana Hooker's Willow
selections:
Salix hookeriana 'Clatsop'
Salix hookeriana 'Piper'
Salix x holosericea (cinerea x viminalis) Hybrid Willow
Salix humilis Gray, Upland, or Prairie Willow
Salix x SV1 'Lady in Green' Hybrid Willow
Salix integra Smooth Willow
selections:
Salix integra 'Flamingo' Pink-leaf Smooth Willow
' Salix integra 'Hakuro Nishiki Variegated Smooth Willow
Salix integra 'Pendula' Weeping Smooth Willow
Salix irrorata Bluestem Willow
selection:
Salix irrorata 'Violet Beauty' Violet Bluestem Willow
Salix species, cultivars and hybrids.
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