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Purple Willow

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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Purple Willow | status = {{StatusSecure}} | image = Cleaned-Illustration Salix purpurea.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Purple Willow illustration | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Flowering plant Magnoliophyta | classis = Dicotyledon Magnoliopsida | ordo = Malpighiales | familia = Salicaceae | genus = ''Willow Salix'' | species = '''''S. purpurea''''' | binomial = ''Salix purpurea'' | binomial_authority = Carolus Linnaeus L. }} The '''Purple Willow''' or '''Purple Osier''' (''Salix purpurea'') is a species of willow native to most of Europe and western Asia. It is a shrub to 1-2 m tall. The Leaf leaves are 2-8 cm long and 1-2 cm wide, and, unusually for a willow, often arranged in opposite pairs rather than alternate. The flowers are small catkins, produced in early spring; they are often purple in colour, whence the name of the species (other willows mostly have whitish, yellow or green catkins). This willow species is often used in basketry. {{Commons|Salix purpurea}} {{tree-stub}} Category:Salicaceae Willow, Purple da:Purpur-Pil de:Purpur-Weide nl:Bittere wilg sv:Rödvide uk:Верба пурпурова