A close look at some desert willow flowers

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As you saw last time, on August 30th I photographed a flowering desert willow tree, Chilopsis linearis, on the restored prairie at what used to be Austin’s Mueller Airport. Now this close look at a few of the tree’s many flowers lets you understand why people and institutions have increasingly planted the desert willow as an ornamental.

© 2013 Steven Schwartzman