Salix myrtillifoliaAndersson

blueberry willow

WFO wfo-0000929890 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salix myrtillifolia, photographed by F Quiec
fig. a F Quiec, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-05-08 / obs. 196212260
Salix myrtillifolia, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. b Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 139793320
Salix myrtillifolia, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. c Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 83794835
Salix myrtillifolia, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. d Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 85769420
Salix myrtillifolia, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. e Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 82019913
Salix myrtillifolia, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. f Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75743904
Salix myrtillifolia, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. g Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75743941
Salix myrtillifolia, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. h Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75795511

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Salix myrtillifolia is native: Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Wyoming, Yukon AlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaColoradoManitobaNew BrunswickNewfoundlandNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutOntarioSaskatchewanWyomingYukon
Native distribution of Salix myrtillifolia, 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
Manitoba MAN
New Brunswick NBR
Newfoundland NFL
Northwest Territories NWT
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Saskatchewan SAS
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.

Also published as 3 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 myrtillifolia var. lingulata C.R.Ball
  • Salix myrtillifolia var. myrtillifolia
  • Salix pseudocordata var. aequalis (Andersson) C.R.Ball

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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