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Calliandra haematocephala is a fast growing shrub that can grow tall but also spreads wide. If desired it can be kept smaller by trimming. Interesting enough the leaves close at night. The red powder puff flowers are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds but only appear from November -April. The buds before the flowers open look like ...
The genus comprises herbaceous perennial plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, growing 0.5–6 m (1.5–19.5 feet) tall, with bipinnate leaves. The flowers are produced in cylindrical or globose inflorescences and have numerous long slender stamens which give rise to the common names powder-puff, powder puff plant, and fairy duster.
Calliandra brevipes, the pink powderpuff, is an attractive shrub with finely divided leaves and clusters of red powder-puff flowers. It is native to southeastern Brazil, Uruguay, and northern Argentina. Portuguese common names include: Esponja, Esponjinha, Manduruvá, Quebra-foice.
Powder-puff plant is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Calliandra, genus in the family Fabaceae; Mimosa strigillosa, perennial ground cover in the family Fabaceae; Sorocephalus, genus of small shrubs in the family Proteaceae; Tillandsia tectorum
Fruit. Calliandra surinamensis is a low branching evergreen tropical shrub that is named after Suriname, a country in northern South America.The plant usually has complexly branched multiple trunks and grows to a height of about 5 metres, although many sources suggest that it only attains a height of 3 metres.
Calliandra haematomma is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae. [2] Calliandra pilosa is a synonym of C. haematomma var. glabrata . [ 3 ]
(Reuters) -Two climate change activists appeared in court on Thursday for throwing pink powder on glass cases displaying the U.S. Constitution at the National Archives Museum in Washington ...
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