''Salix aurita'', the eared willow, is a species of

willow Willows, also called sallows and osiers, from the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997. The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press #2: Cambridge. of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist ...

distributed over much of

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, and occasionally cultivated. It is a shrub to 2.5 m in height, distinguished from the similar but slightly larger '' Salix cinerea'' by its reddish petioles and young twigs. It was named for its persistent kidney-shaped

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s along the shoots.

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* * * aurita Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Salicaceae-stub