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Mint Wash, near American Ranch
Charlie Johnson

Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants

Chilopsis linearis - desert willow

Other Common Names: desert-willow, desertwillow, Art's seedless desert willow

Plant Form:Tree

Family: Bignoniaceae


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Plant - summer North of Pinyon Oaks Subdivision Sue Smith	Leaves Hwy 169 Sue Smith	Flowers Hwy 169 Sue Smith	Flowers Highlands Center for Natural History Marv Mazur	Fruit Forest Rd 65A Sue Smith	Fruit Chino Valley residence Mary Barnes
Plant Description Origin: Native General Description: Deciduous. Upright large shrub or tree with a spreading crown. Can be a single or multi-trunked shrub or tree with moderate to rapid growth. Flowers are orchid-like. Identification notes: Large shrub or tree; short stout trunk and several erect branches from the base. Leaves long and slender; alternate and opposite. Flowers pink,lavender or white, throat marked with lines or spots. Fruit is a slender capsule. Height: 29 feet Width: 20 feet Habitat Habitat Description: Found along dry washes and on the high terraces of river floodplains in the low deserts and foothills. Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian Elevation: 0 - 5000 feet Flowers Color: Pink, lavender or white Shape: Irregular in elongated clusters Tubular: Y Flowering Period: Apr - Aug Description: Flowers are attractive, orchid-like, fragrant and showy. Blooms are tubular or funnel shaped with purple and yellow streaks inside the throat. They appear in long clusters at the ends of twigs to 1-1/2 inches long. Leaves Leaf Color: Light green Type: Simple Shape: Narrow Margin: Smooth Attachment: Alternate and opposite Hairs: N Description: Leaves are thin and slender, often slightly curved downward; up to 10 inches long by 3/8 inch wide, gradually narrowed at both ends, mostly alternate, margins and surfaces are smooth with a single distinct vein visible on the leaf underside. Fruit Color: Green to light brown Type: Capsule Description: Long, narrow and slightly twisted seed capsules, splitting longitudinally along 2 suture lines and releasing numerous flat seeds with a tuft of hairs on either end; 2 halves of the capsule persist on the branches through winter. Bark/Branches Bark Color: Dark gray to brown Bark Texture (Mature): Rough Bark and Branch Description: Bark is dark gray to brown and ridged on older stems. Trunk diameter can be up to 1 foot. Spines, thorns or prickles: N


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