| Other Names | Flowering Willow, Willow-leaved Catalpa | ||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Chilopsis linearis | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Catalpa ( Bignoniaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| Funnel with 5 ruffled, petal-like lobes
Willow-like shrub, 6-10 feet tall. Flower: Funnel-shaped, 1-1.5 in. long, spreading at opening with ruffled five petal-like lobes. Dark pink or purple, often with white or yellow and purple streaks within the throat. Leaves: Both opposite and alternate. 4-12 in. long by 1/3 in. wide. Seedpod: Slender seedpod, 6-10 in. long, remain dangling after flowers are gone. (Cultivated) | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller Texas Wildflowers, Revised Edition (2006) p. 61 | |||||||||||||
May - June
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