Plant Details

Accepted name:: Salix discolor Muhl. [Salicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american pussy willow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
glaucous willow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pussy willow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Salix ancorifera Fernald Rhodora 35: 245 (1933).
Salix commixta Andersson in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 225 (1868).
Salix crassa Barratt Salices Amer.: 7 (1840).
Salix discolor f. glaberrima C.K.Schneid. J. Arnold Arbor. 2: 5 (1920).
Salix discolor var. overii C.R.Ball Rhodora 26: 137 (1924).
Salix discolor var. prinoides (Pursh) Andersson in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 225 (1868).
Salix discolor f. rigidior (Andersson) C.K.Schneid. J. Arnold Arbor. 2: 5 (1967).
Salix discolor rigidior Andersson Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 6(1): 84 (1867).
Salix discolor virescens Andersson Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 6(1): 85 (1867).
Salix fuscata Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 612 (1814).
Salix latifolia M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 344 (1843), nom. illeg.
Salix pringlei Rowlee Bot. Gaz. 27: 136 (1899).
Salix prinoides Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 618 (1814).
Salix purshiana F.Dietr. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 7: 367 (1821), nom. superfl.
Salix rowleei C.K.Schneid. Bot. Gaz. 65: 31 (1918).
Salix rowleei var. cana C.K.Schneid. Bot. Gaz. 65: 34 (1918).
Salix sensitiva Barratt Salices Amer.: 8 (1840).
Salix squamata Rydb. Man. Fl. N. States: 317 (1901).
Usionis fuscata (Pursh) Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 14 (1838).
Vimen discolor Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 14 (1838), not validly publ.
Vimen prinoides (Pursh) Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 14 (1838).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Salix discolor	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Salix discolor Muhl.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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