Salix pentandra
Common name: 
Laurel Willow
Bay Willow
Pronunciation: 
SA-liks pen-TAN-dra
Family: 
Salicaceae
Genus: 
Salix
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Deciduous shrub/tree, 30-45 ft (10-14 m), compact oval form.  Leaves alternate, simple, elliptic to ovate to elliptic-laceolate, 4-13 cm x 2-5 cm, lustrous dark green above, lighter below, glabrous, midrib yellow, finely serrated margin, small stipules; leaves aromatic when brused.   (Considered to have the most handsome foliage of all willows.)
  • Sun
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 3      Native to Europe.  Naturalized in the eastern US.
  • pentandra: from the Greek penta, 5, and andros, male, in reference to its 5 stamens (the male flowers may actually have (4) 5-8 (12) stamens).
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