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Desert Willow
Trumpet-Creeper Family : Bignoniaceae
Latin Name : Chilopsis linearis ssp. Linearis
Longevity : Perennial
Season : Warm
Origin : Native
Value : Wildlife - fair
Livestock - poor
Remarks :
Other common names, "Flowering-willow" and
"Willowleaf-catalpa". This is a shrub or slender tree
that grows up to 30 feet tall, with trunks usually
leaning. Has been planted in numerous wind-break
plantings throughout the eastern Texas Panhandle.
Flowers May to June, the flowers are a very showy
pink to purple with a white, yellow or purple-streaked
throat. The flower pollen is used by bees to make
very good honey. The fruit is a long, 4-12 inches long
capsule. Various birds consume the winged seeds.
The wood is used for fence posts and fuel, and
baskets are woven from the twigs. It is reported that
in Mexico an extraction of the flowers is used for
coughs and bronchial disorders as a remedy.
Source: USDA-NRCS
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