Salix caprea L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Salicaceae

• Scientific Name

  Salix caprea L.

• Description

  Species Description - A European sp. with obovate to suborbicular lvs 5–13 × 2.5–5.5(–8) cm, apiculate to shortly acute, ± crenate-serrate and tomentose, with irregularly revolute margins, otherwise much like no. 23 [Salix discolor Muhl.], furnishes the pussy-willows of florists for Easter-decorations. It occasionally escapes about nurseries.

• Common Names

  goat willow, florist's willow