Salix hastataL.

halberd willowlarge-stipuled willow

WFO wfo-0000928522 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Salix hastata, photographed by Katrin Simon
fig. a Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-04 / obs. 204935800
Salix hastata, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. b Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202771540
Salix hastata, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. c nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164188624
Salix hastata, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. d Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 58825962
Salix hastata, photographed by Andreas Taeger
fig. e Andreas Taeger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167630834
Salix hastata, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. f Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 58825946
Salix hastata, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. g Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113309394
Salix hastata, photographed by relet
fig. h relet, CC0 1.0 / obs. 81764220

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Salix hastata is native: Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, Tuva, Yakutiya, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, North European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon AltayBuryatiyaChitaIrkutskKamchatkaKazakhstanKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMongoliaTuvaYakutiyaAlbaniaAustriaBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyItalyNorth European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandAlaskaNorthwest TerritoriesYukon
Native distribution of Salix hastata, 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
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Italy ITA
North European Russia RUN
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Irkutsk IRK
Kamchatka KAM
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Mongolia MON
Tuva TVA
Yakutiya YAK
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Northwest Territories NWT
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.

Also published as 14 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 cerasifolia Schleich. ex Spreng.
  • Salix elegans Host
  • Salix farrae var. walpoleii Coville & C.R.Ball
  • Salix farriae var. walpolei Coville & C.R.Ball
  • Salix hastata subsp. psiloides Flod.
  • Salix hastatella Rech.f.
  • Salix malifolia Sm.
  • Salix pontederae Vill.
  • Salix psiloides Flod.
  • Salix psyloides Kom.
  • Salix serrulata Willd.
  • Salix walpolei (Coville & C.R.Ball) C.R.Ball
  • Vimen hastata (L.) Raf.
  • Vimen malifolia (Sm.) Raf.

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.