{{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 plantMagnoliophyta
| classis = DicotyledonMagnoliopsida
| ordo = Malpighiales
| familia = Salicaceae
| genus = ''WillowSalix''
| species = '''''S. purpurea'''''
| binomial = ''Salix purpurea''
| binomial_authority = Carolus LinnaeusL.
}}
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 Leafleaves 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}}
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Category:SalicaceaeWillow, Purpleda:Purpur-Pilde:Purpur-Weidenl:Bittere wilgsv:Rödvideuk:Верба пурпурова
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