× Chitalpa is an intergeneric hybrid flowering tree in the family Bignoniaceae, bred from Desert Willow (
Chilopsis linearis) for desert hardiness and color, and Southern Catalpa (
Catalpa bignonioides) for larger blooms. The name is nothogeneric, or a combination of the two parents' names. Leaves are lanceolate, 4 to 5 inches long and an inch wide, almost always in whorls of three. The trumpet-shaped flowers are 1" long and frilly. The inflorescence is indeterminate, wi
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