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Salix purpurea
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species of plant
OverviewAI-generated
Salix purpurea, commonly known as the Purple Willow or purple osier, is a species of deciduous shrub within the family Salicaceae. It belongs to the genus Salix and is classified in the order Malpighiales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The plant is part of the kingdom Plantae.
The species has a taxon range in China and is considered invasive in Australia. Its IUCN conservation status was assessed as Least Concern in 2017. Records for this taxon exist in various institutions, including MOR, USFWS, MSC, MICH, and ANSP, with occurrences documented in the United States, Poland, Canada, and Ukraine.
Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilySalicaceae
Common Name: purple osier
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,781
- With media
- 2,911
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Collections
- MOR, USFWS, MSC, MICH, ANSP, OSU
- Recorded in
- United States, Poland, Canada, Ukraine
Wikidata facts
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- Salix purpurea
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- Salix purpurea
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon range
- China
- invasive to
- Australia
- short name
- S. purpurea
- taxon common name
- salguera bermeya
- foliage type
- deciduous plant
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Encyclopedic overview
Salix purpurea, known in Britain as purple willow, is a shrub or small tree native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. It has been introduced to many other parts of the world as an ornamental garden plant, and it is widely used in basket making. Within its native range and some places where it is naturalised it is found in wetlands such as lake margins and the floodplains of rivers.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salix purpurea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.