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



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 north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)

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 north of Mexico, vol. 7
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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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
Sepals absent
Petals absent
1 stamen with 2 anthers
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Flowers in catkins, inflorescence usually erect

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

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