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Chilopsis linearis

(Desert Catalpa)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Desert Catalpa, Desert Willow, Desert-Willow, Desertwillow, Flowering Willow, Orchid of the Desert

Common Names in unspecified:

Desert Willow, Desertwillow

Description

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Family Bignoniaceae

Trees , shrubs , or vines , climbers rarely herbs. Leaves opposite, alternate, or whorled , simple or pinnately compound , rarely palmately compound , without stipules, climbers usually with tendrils modified sometimes into hooks or suckers . Inflorescences cymose , paniculate , or racemose, terminal or axillary , rarely flowers borne on old stems; bracts and bractlets present, sometimes deciduous. Flowers bisexual , zygomorphic, usually large. Calyx campanulate or tubular , truncate , 2-5-dentate, or glandular subulate-dentate. Corolla campanulate or funnelform , usually bilabiate; lobes 5, imbricate or valvate . Fertile stamens 4 (didynamous ) and staminode 1, or 2 and staminodes 3, rarely all 5 stamens fertile. Disc fleshy . Ovary superior, 2-locular, rarely 1- or 4-locular; placentation axile or parietal ; ovules numerous . Style filiform ; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule dehiscing loculicidally or septicidally, rarely fruit fleshy and indehiscent. Seeds numerous, usually winged or with tufts of hairs at both ends; endosperm absent.

About 116-120 genera and 650-750 species: mostly in tropical and subtropical regions; 12 genera and 35 species (21 endemic) in China.

Plants of the Bignoniaceae usually produce large flowers, and many species are widely cultivated in China as ornamentals . These include Arrabidaea magnifica Sprague ex Steenis, Campsis radicans (Linnaeus) Seemann, Catalpa speciosa (Warder ex Barney) Engelmann, Clytostoma callistegioides (Chamisso) Bureau & Schumann, Crescentia alata Kunth, C. cujete Linnaeus, Jacaranda cuspidifolia Martius, J. mimosifolia D. Don, Kigelia africana (Lamarck) Bentham, Macfadyena unguis-cati (Linnaeus) A. H. Gentry, Pandorea jasminoides (Linnaeus) Schumann, Parmetiera cerifera Seemann, Podranea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Sprague, Pyrostegia venusta (Ker-Gawler) Miers, Spathodea campanulata Beauvois, Stenolobium stans (Linnaeus) Seemann, Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacquin) G. Nicholson, T. rosea (Bertoloni) de Candolle, and Tecomaria capensis (Thunberg) Spach.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Tree , ShrubGrowth Form: Multiple StemShape and Orientation: Erect

Flowers: Bloom Period: Late SpringFlower Color: Yellow • Flower Conspicuous: Yes

Seeds: Seed per Pound: 86000 • Seed Spread Rate: Slow • Seedling Vigor: Low • Fruit/Seed Abundance: Medium • Fruit/Seed Color: Brown • Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No • Cold Stratification Required: No

Foliage: Foliage Color: Green • Foliage Porosity Summer: Dense • Foliage Porosity Winter: Moderate • Foliage Texture: Medium • Fall Conspicuous: No • Leaf Retention: No

Size/Age/Growth

Active Growth Period: Spring , Summer, FallGrowth Rate: Rapid • Mature Height (feet): 25.0 • Maximum Height at 20 Years (feet): 15 • Size: 6-8' tall. • Vegetative Spread Rate: None • Lifespan: Lifespan

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,086 meters (0 to 6,844 feet).[2]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: PerennialCoppice Potential: No • Progagated by Bulbs: No • Propagated by Bare Root: Yes • Propagated by Container: Yes • Propagated by Corms: No • Propagated by Cuttings: Yes • Propagated by Seed: Yes • Propagated by Sod: No • Propagated by Sprigs: No • Propagated by Tubers: No • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer • Fruit/Seed Period End: FallFruit/Seed Persistence: Yes

Growth

Culture: Space 6-8' apart.

Soil: Adapted to Medium Textured: Adapted to Medium Textured Soils • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes • Anaerobic Tolerance: None • Salinity Tolerance: Low • CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium • Minimum pH: 8.0 • Maximum pH: 10.0 • Fertility Requirement: Low

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade. • Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High • Minimum Precipitation: 10 • Maximum Precipitation: 20 • Moisture Use: Low

Temperature: Minimum Temperature (F): 2 • Minimum Frost Free Days: 180 • Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Bignonia linearis Cav.

Notes

Publishing author : Sweet Publication : Hort. Brit . [Sweet] 283 1826

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Chilopsis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. linearis (Desert Catalpa) · C. linearis linearis (Desert Willow) · C. linearis subsp. arcuata (Hairy Clematis) · C. linearis 'Burgundy' (Burgundy Desert Willow) · C. linearis 'Monhews' (Timeless Beauty" Desert Willow) · C. linearis 'Purple Splendor' (Desert Catalpa) · C. linearis 'Timeless Beauty' (Desert Catalpa)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 19, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Zhi-Yun Zhang & Thawatchai Santisuk "Bignoniaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 213. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Mean = 1,049.050 meters (3,441.765 feet), Standard Deviation = 572.480 based on 301 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012