Salix phylicifoliaL.

tea-leaved willow

WFO wfo-0000930027 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salix phylicifolia, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. a Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / 2021-08-09 / obs. 149815347
Salix phylicifolia, photographed by Donald Davesne
fig. b Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151599978
Salix phylicifolia, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. c nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160703244
Salix phylicifolia, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. d nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160703069
Salix phylicifolia, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. e nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164535477
Salix phylicifolia, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. f Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 86136903
Salix phylicifolia, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. g Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 58826228
Salix phylicifolia, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. h Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31652340

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Salix phylicifolia is native: Kazakhstan, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, Føroyar, France, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine KazakhstanAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyIcelandIrelandNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayPolandRomaniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine Føroyar
Native distribution of Salix phylicifolia, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
Føroyar FOR
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Iceland ICE
Ireland IRE
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
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 17 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.

  • Diamarips croweana (Sm.) Raf.
  • Salix arbuscula Wahlenb.
  • Salix borreriana Sm.
  • Salix croweana Sm.
  • Salix davalliana Sm.
  • Salix dicksoniana Sm.
  • Salix discolor Schrad. ex Willd.
  • Salix floribunda J.Forbes
  • Salix hibernica Rech.f.
  • Salix majalis Wahlenb.
  • Salix nitens G.Anders. ex Sm.
  • Salix patens J.Forbes
  • Salix phylicifolia subsp. phylicifolia
  • Salix tenuifolia Sm.
  • Salix wulfeniana J.Forbes
  • Usionis dicksoniana (Sm.) Raf.
  • Vimen phylicifolia (L.) 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.

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