Salix lapponumL.

downy willow

WFO wfo-0000928738 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salix lapponum, photographed by Игорь Васильев
fig. a Игорь Васильев, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-09 / obs. 149656298
Salix lapponum, photographed by jvilla
fig. b jvilla, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 139198522
Salix lapponum, photographed by Игорь Васильев
fig. c Игорь Васильев, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134331946
Salix lapponum, photographed by Игорь Васильев
fig. d Игорь Васильев, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 133726221
Salix lapponum, photographed by Игорь Васильев
fig. e Игорь Васильев, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 133631515
Salix lapponum, photographed by Игорь Васильев
fig. f Игорь Васильев, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132306743
Salix lapponum, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. g Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 48456668
Salix lapponum, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. h Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 48448545

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Salix lapponum is native: Kazakhstan, West Siberia, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine KazakhstanWest SiberiaBaltic StatesBelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayPolandRomaniaSpainSwedenUkraine
Native distribution of Salix lapponum, 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
Baltic States BLT EUROPE
Belarus BLR
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Ukraine UKR
Kazakhstan KAZ ASIA-TEMPERATE
West Siberia WSB

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 12 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.

  • Diplima stuartiana (Sm.) Raf.
  • Salix alaternoides J.Forbes
  • Salix arenaria var. marrubiifolia Tausch
  • Salix ceretana (P.Monts.) J.Chmelař
  • Salix daphneola Tausch
  • Salix eleagnifolia J.Forbes
  • Salix helvetica subsp. marrubiifolia (Tausch) Flod.
  • Salix lapponum var. daphneola (Tausch) Wimm.
  • Salix lapponum var. marrubiifolia (Tausch) Wimm.
  • Salix marrubiifolia Tausch ex Andersson
  • Salix stuartiana Sm.
  • Salix sudetica Host

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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