Desert Willow
Chilopsis linearis

Family: Bignonia (Bignoniaceae)
AKA: Flowering Willow, Willowleaf Catalpa
Photo taken on: September 25, 2013
Location: Abiquiu Lake, NM
Life Zones: Plains and foothills
Habitat: Dry washes

A shrub that can grow to be a 20ft tree. Leaves are long and narrow and willow-like but it is not related to Willows. The trumpet-shaped flowers are large (1 ¼") and showy, pink with yellow ridges and purple stripes inside. The brown seed pods are 8" long and narrow. It is used in landscaping.