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Rose-gold pussy willow

Salix gracilistyla

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Common names

11 names · 9 languages
EnglishYour language
Other languages (8)
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Czech
  • vrba štíhlopestíkatá[3]
Finnish
  • puuteripaju[3]
Japanese
  • ネコヤナギ[3]
  • 猫柳[3]
Korean
  • 갯버들[3]
  • 버들강아지[3]
Russian
  • Ива тонкостолбиковая[3]
Slovak
  • vŕba štíhločnelková[3]
Sources & name notes (3)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Salix gracilistyla — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • rose-gold pussy willow — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 407120; Salix gracilistyla.
[2] Salix gracilistyla — GBIF vernacular names (GRIN Taxonomy) ↗

GBIF aggregation of GRIN Taxonomy. The original upstream source was not independently inspected; this is a sourced vernacular-name attestation, not a botanical determination.

Source records
  • rose-gold pussy willow — results[7] at https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/7104103/vernacularNames?limit=1000&offset=0; taxonKey 7104103; sourceTaxonKey 101429263; Salix gracilistyla.
[3] Salix gracilistyla — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • rose-gold pussy willow — results[8].names[2]; taxon id 407120; Salix gracilistyla.
  • 갯버들 — results[8].names[1]; taxon id 407120; Salix gracilistyla.
  • 버들강아지 — results[8].names[3]; taxon id 407120; Salix gracilistyla.
  • vrba štíhlopestíkatá — results[8].names[4]; taxon id 407120; Salix gracilistyla.
  • ネコヤナギ — results[8].names[5]; taxon id 407120; Salix gracilistyla.
  • 细柱柳 — results[8].names[6]; taxon id 407120; Salix gracilistyla.
  • 細柱柳 — results[8].names[7]; taxon id 407120; Salix gracilistyla.
  • Ива тонкостолбиковая — results[8].names[8]; taxon id 407120; Salix gracilistyla.
  • 猫柳 — results[8].names[9]; taxon id 407120; Salix gracilistyla.
  • puuteripaju — results[8].names[10]; taxon id 407120; Salix gracilistyla.
  • vŕba štíhločnelková — results[8].names[11]; taxon id 407120; Salix gracilistyla.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Salix gracilistyla is an accepted species in Catalogue of Life.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1]
Botanical family
Salicaceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [1]
Pollinator guidance
RHS includes Salix species in its Plants for Pollinators guidance.

Genus-level guidance, not a rating for this individual species or a particular cultivar. RHS planting guidance. Choose accessible flowers with pollen and nectar; reduced-resource and double-flowered forms may be unsuitable.

Sources [2]
Native range
Russian Far East to N. China and Korea, Japan.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.

Sources [3]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

High suitability
Nectar value High
Pollen value High
Plant profile

About this plant

Rose-gold pussy willow (Salix gracilistyla) is a shrub. It flowers from March to April.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Salix gracilistyla — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 2654815; ID 79C5P; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 2654815; ID 79C5P; rank species; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Garden Plants

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 2, column 1, entry Salix species (top 82 pt)

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  3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Salix gracilistyla — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 1426372; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 1491665, 1491666, 1491667, 1491669, 1491670, 1491671, 1491672

    Source checked on .

    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.