Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet
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Authority
Gentry, Alwyn H. 1992. Bignoniaceae--part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25: 1-370. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Bignoniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Mexico. Cultivated at Madrid, Cavanilles s.n. (MA, not seen, photo TEX, fide Henrickson).
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Synonyms
Bignonia linearis Cav., Chilopsis saligna D.Don, Chilopsis glutinosa Engelm., Chilopsis linearis var. originaria Fosberg, Chilopsis linearis var. glutinosa (Engelm.) Fosberg
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Description
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Species Description - Shrubs or small trees 2-9 m tall with more or less erect leaves and erect-ascending young stems and branches, the young stems hirtellous-pilose with erect, spreading trichomes (0.05-)0.1-0.3(-0.4) mm long or more or less glabrescent, with scattered lepidote glands, especially near nodes. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate straight (4-)5.5-9(-12.5) cm long, (2.8-)4-7(-10) mm wide, lepidote-glandular, also usually with scattered trichomes 0.05-0.3(-0.4) mm long at base and along midvein and margins. Inflorescence paniculate, hirsute to densely villous-tomentose. Flowers with the calyx bilabiately split to near base, (8.5-)10-15 mm long, pubescent; corolla lavender-pink to strongly magenta outside and on lobes, tubular-campanulate, (3-)4-5.5(-6) cm long. Fruit a capsule, 13-32 cm long, (4.5-)5-7(-8.5) mm wide, glabrous, the septum flat, 2-4 mm wide; seeds thin, 6-12 mm long, ca. 4-5 cm wide, with a coma of unicellular trichomes at each end.