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| |genus=Salix | | |genus=Salix |
| |species=purpurea | | |species=purpurea |
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| |common_name=Purple Willow, Purple Osier, Alaska blue willow, Arctic willow, Purple osier willow | | |common_name=Purple Willow, Purple Osier, Alaska blue willow, Arctic willow, Purple osier willow |
| |name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | | |name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
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| |sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | | |sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
| |water=wet, moist | | |water=wet, moist |
| + | |water_ref=Sunset National Garden Book |
| |features=flowers | | |features=flowers |
| |flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring | | |flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring |
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| |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | | |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
| |max_zone=10 | | |max_zone=10 |
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| |image_width=200 | | |image_width=200 |
| |image_caption=Purple Willow illustration | | |image_caption=Purple Willow illustration |
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| + | '''''Salix purpurea''''' ('''Purple Willow''' or '''Purple Osier''') is a species of [[willow]] native to most of [[Europe]] and western [[Asia]] north to the [[British Isles]], [[Poland]], and the [[Baltic States]].<ref name=fe>Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Salix&SPECIES_XREF=purpurea&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Salix purpurea'']</ref><ref name=rdm>Meikle, R. D. (1984). ''Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland''. BSBI Handbook No. 4. ISBN 0-901158-07-0.</ref><ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref> |
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| + | It is a [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] growing to 1-3 m (rarely to 5 m) tall, with purple-brown to yellow-brown shoots, turning pale grey on old stems. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 2-8 cm (rarely to 12 cm) long and 0.3-1 cm (rarely 2 cm) wide; they are dark green above, glaucous green below, and unusually for a willow, are often arranged in opposite pairs rather than alternate. The [[flower]]s are small [[catkin]]s 1.5-4.5 cm long, produced in early spring; they are often purple or red in colour, whence the name of the species (other willows mostly have whitish, yellow or green catkins).<ref name=rdm/><ref name=rushforth/> |
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| '''''[[Salix]] purpurea'''''. (S. Forbyana, Smith. Vetrix purpurea, Rafin.). Purple Osier. A shrub or small tree, spreading at base, with long, flexible branches: lvs. oblanceolate, serrulate, glabrous, veiny, 3-6 in. long, often appearing opposite: aments sessile, slender; pistillate recurved; scales purple; stamen 1: caps. small, ovate. Eu.—Planted as an ornamental shrub and escaped in many places. Also grown as a basket-willow. Var. pendula, Dipp. (S. nigra pendula, Hort. S. Americana pendula, Hort.). Branches pendent. | | '''''[[Salix]] purpurea'''''. (S. Forbyana, Smith. Vetrix purpurea, Rafin.). Purple Osier. A shrub or small tree, spreading at base, with long, flexible branches: lvs. oblanceolate, serrulate, glabrous, veiny, 3-6 in. long, often appearing opposite: aments sessile, slender; pistillate recurved; scales purple; stamen 1: caps. small, ovate. Eu.—Planted as an ornamental shrub and escaped in many places. Also grown as a basket-willow. Var. pendula, Dipp. (S. nigra pendula, Hort. S. Americana pendula, Hort.). Branches pendent. |
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| *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 | | *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 |
| <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> | | <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> |
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