Salix lanata
Woolly Willow
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Plant photos
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Leaves of Salix lanata.
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Buds of Salix lanata.
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Common names
17 names · 15 languages- EnglishYour language
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- Woolly Willow[1]
Other languages (14)
- Dutch
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- grijze dwergwilg
- Wollige wilg[1]
- French
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- Saule laineux[1]
- Chinese (Simplified)
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- 密毛柳[1]
- Chinese (Traditional)
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- 密毛柳[1]
- Czech
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- vrba vlnatá[1]
- Danish
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- Uldpil[1]
- Faroese
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- loðpílur[1]
- Finnish
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- Villapaju[1]
- Icelandic
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- Loðvíðir[1]
- Norwegian
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- ullvier[1]
- Russian
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- Ива мохнатая[1]
- Slovak
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- vŕba vlnatá[1]
- Swedish
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- ullvide[1]
Sources & name notes (1)
Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.
Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.
Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.
Source records
- Woolly Willow — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- Saule laineux — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- ullvide — results[0].names[3]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- Ива мохнатая — results[0].names[4]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- Woll-Weide — results[0].names[5]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- Villapaju — results[0].names[6]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- ullvier — results[0].names[7]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- vrba vlnatá — results[0].names[8]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- 密毛柳 — results[0].names[9]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- 密毛柳 — results[0].names[10]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- Wollige wilg — results[0].names[11]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- Uldpil — results[0].names[12]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- loðpílur — results[0].names[13]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- Loðvíðir — results[0].names[14]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- vŕba vlnatá — results[0].names[15]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
- Wollige Weide — results[0].names[16]; taxon id 324812; Salix lanata.
General information
Accepted in the cited Kew taxonomic treatment.
Sources [1]Plant characteristics
Growing conditions
Wet, Moist
Sand (light) Loam (medium) Clay (heavy)
Acidic Neutral Alkaline
Full sun
Uses
Inner bark
Pioneer species
Description
Inner bark - raw or cooked. It can be dried, ground into powder, and then added to grain flour to make bread and the like. It has a very bitter taste and is only used as food during famine, when all other options have been exhausted. Young shoots - cooked. Not very tasty.
Harvest
Sources and references
References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16, extracted 4 June 2026
Relevant sections
- Botanical family: WCVP v16, wcvp_names.csv row 1427267; name ID 2918656; Salix L.. Family column.
- Taxonomy: WCVP v16, wcvp_names.csv row 1426739; name ID 2918182; Salix lanata L..
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