Salix auritaL.

eared willow

WFO wfo-0000928969 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salix aurita, photographed by Eugene Popov
fig. a Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-30 / obs. 201848704
Salix aurita, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. b Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199546698
Salix aurita, photographed by Игорь Васильев
fig. c Игорь Васильев, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134267865
Salix aurita, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. d Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142643336
Salix aurita, photographed by Марина Садыкова
fig. e Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 96225354
Salix aurita, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. f Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 94950913
Salix aurita, photographed by Ольга Щербакова
fig. g Ольга Щербакова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 80122856
Salix aurita, photographed by Anna_Kosheleva03
fig. h Anna_Kosheleva03, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 79442755

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Salix aurita is native: Eswatini, Kazakhstan, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Krym, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine EswatiniKazakhstanAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandKrymNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenUkraine
Native distribution of Salix aurita, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Ireland IRE
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Ukraine UKR
Eswatini SWZ AFRICA
Kazakhstan KAZ ASIA-TEMPERATE

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Capraea aurita (L.) Opiz
  • Salix aurita f. cordifolia Wimm.
  • Salix aurita f. rhomboidalis Wimm.
  • Salix aurita f. uliginosa (Starke ex Willd.) Wimm.
  • Salix cinnamomea Schleich.
  • Salix conformis Schleich. ex Ser.
  • Salix heterophylla Host
  • Salix rugosa Ser.
  • Salix uliginosa Willd.
  • Salix ulmifolia Vill.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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