Salix candidaFlüggé ex Willd.

sageleaf willow

WFO wfo-0000929324 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salix candida, photographed by Mary Krieger
fig. a Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-01 / obs. 204345815
Salix candida, photographed by Carol Ann Vermeer
fig. b Carol Ann Vermeer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200115374
Salix candida, photographed by Derek
fig. c Derek, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198132555
Salix candida, photographed by Alexis Godin
fig. d Alexis Godin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158487315
Salix candida, photographed by Todd Boland
fig. e Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150028062
Salix candida, photographed by Louis Imbeau
fig. f Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148444986
Salix candida, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. g Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 141105705
Salix candida, photographed by Bonnie Semmling
fig. h Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135411180

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Native range 37 botanical countries

Regions where Salix candida is native: Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon AlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaColoradoConnecticutIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaLabradorMaineManitobaMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMontanaNew BrunswickNew HampshireNew JerseyNew YorkNewfoundlandNorth DakotaNorthwest TerritoriesNova ScotiaNunavutOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaPrince Edward I.QuébecSaskatchewanSouth DakotaVermontWashingtonWisconsinWyomingYukon
Native distribution of Salix candida, 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
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
British Columbia BRC
Colorado COL
Connecticut CNT
Idaho IDA
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Iowa IOW
Labrador LAB
Maine MAI
Manitoba MAN
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
Montana MNT
New Brunswick NBR
New Hampshire NWH
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
Newfoundland NFL
North Dakota NDA
Northwest Territories NWT
Nova Scotia NSC
Nunavut NUN
Ohio OHI
Ontario ONT
Pennsylvania PEN
Prince Edward I. PEI
Québec QUE
Saskatchewan SAS
South Dakota SDA
Vermont VER
Washington WAS
Wisconsin WIS
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK

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.

Flowering 82 in flower of 354 examined

Peak flowering in Apr. Each bar is the share of Salix candida observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 82 of 354 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 5 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 4 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.

  • Salix candida f. candida
  • Salix candida f. denudata (Andersson ex DC.) Rouleau
  • Salix candida var. denudata Andersson
  • Salix incana Michx.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.