Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet

Desert willow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Chilopsis

Characteristics

A tree. It is willow like. It grows to 9 m high. It has an open habit of growth. The branches are slender and twist. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are pale green. They can be 30 cm long. The flowers are 5 cm long. The flowers can be white or pink. They are funnel shaped with ruffled petal like lobes. The fruit are slender seed pods. These can be 15-25 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 9.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Gravelly or rocky soils in arid desert washes and desert grasslands, 400-1600 metres. Plants attain their greatest size when growing along streams and in low places.
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It is a temperate plant. It does best in hot, dry climates with cool crisp nights. It grows in mountains up to 2,000 m in Texas. It suits hardiness zones 8-11.
Light 5-8
Soil humidity 2-5
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 5-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use fiber fuel material medicinal wood
Edible flowers pods seeds
Therapeutic use Cough (unspecified), Heart (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -3
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Chilopsis linearis habit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Chilopsis linearis habit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Leaf

Chilopsis linearis leaf picture by SCAMPS_MX (cc-by-sa)
Chilopsis linearis leaf picture by Saxton Broch (cc-by-sa)
Chilopsis linearis leaf picture by bowdenjeffery (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Chilopsis linearis flower picture by Tracie Hall (cc-by-sa)
Chilopsis linearis flower picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Chilopsis linearis flower picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Chilopsis linearis world distribution map, present in United States of America

Conservation status

Chilopsis linearis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30013523-2
WFO ID wfo-0000781951
COL ID 99HKD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Bignonia linearis Catalpa pottsii Chilopsis saligna Chilopsis glutinosa Chilopsis linearis var. glutinosa Chilopsis linearis var. originaria Chilopsis linearis

Lower taxons

Chilopsis linearis subsp. arcuata Chilopsis linearis subsp. linearis