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Red
Powder-Puff
/ Powder-Puff
Bush
Calliandra haematocephala
Hassk.
kal-lee-AN-druh hee-mat-oh-SEFF-uh-luh
Mimosaceae (Legumes)
Key to
Calliandra
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Explanation
of name:
Calliandra means beautiful stamen. Haematocephala means blood red
head (DEH).
Natural
range:
Bolivia (DEH)
Recognition:
Shrub. Leaves bipinnate with 2 pairs of pinnae, which contain 4-10 pairs of
leaflets, to 4" long. Flowers in globular, powder puff heads, corolla is
reddish, filaments white at the base and red toward the apex. Fruit a brown
linear-oblanceolate legume, to 5" long (DEH, BA2, WA1)
Landscape
uses:
Specimen tree, barrier planting (DEH, WA1)
Notes:
2 cultivars are common. Calliandra haematocehala Nana is 3'-5'
tall and has red flowers. (UFFPS89) Calliandra haematocephala Alba
is 6'-8' tall and has white flowers. (UFFPS88)
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Botanical |
English |
FL
Native |
Growth form |
Flowering
Season |
Typical
Dimensions |
Suggested
Spacing |
Cultural
Conditions |
Problems |
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Calliandra haematocephala |
Red powder-puff |
Exotic |
Shrub |
SU
(DEH) |
t o 15' tall
(DEH, BR1) |
5' o.c. - for barriers (WA1) |
DT
SU
WD
(DEH, BR1, WA1) |
Mites,
chewing insects
( DEH)
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