Bignoniaceae

Chilopsis

Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet

Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Chilopsis

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Chilopsis: Photo of Chilopsis linearis (desert willow) at the Springs Preserve garden in Las Vegas, Nevada — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (11)

Asturian: Chilopsis
Azerbaijani: Neştəryarpaq çilopsis
Chinese: 沙漠柳, 沙楸, 沙漠葳
English: Chilopsis, Art's seedless desert willow, Desert willow, Desert-Willow, Desertwillow, 'Chilopsis linearis var. originaria' [Fosberg (1936)]
Japanese: デザートウィロー
Malayalam: ചിലോപ്സിസ്
Persian: بید بیابانی آمریکایی
Portuguese: Chilopsis
Russian: Хилопсис
Spanish: Jano, Janos, Mimbre
Swedish: Ökentrumpet, Ökentrumpetssläktet

Synonyms

Bignonia linearis Cav.
Chilopsis linearis var. originaria Fosberg

Flowers

Flower colour: purple (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.