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Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet
Desert willow
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Lamiales | Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary |
| Family | Bignoniaceae | After the Abbe Jean Paul Bignon (1662-1743) |
| Genus | Chilopsis | From the Greek cheilos, “a lip,” and -opsis, “resemblance,” and thus referring to the distinctly lip-like shape of the calyx |
| Species | linearis | Linear, parallel-sided |
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Chilopsis linearis description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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8/27/2014 · Petroglyph National Monument Visitor Center, New Mexico 
5/24/2009 · Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona
≈ 1¼ × 1¾" (3.5 × 4.4 cm)
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