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Stickpea

Calliandra

Also called False Mesquite, Powder Puff Plants, Stickpeas

Stickpea
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)

About

Calliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It contains about 140 species that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.

Other Calliandra plants

Calliandra aeschynomenoides · Calliandra angustifolia · Calliandra bella · Twoflower stickpea · Pink Powderpuff · Tabardillo · Stickpea · Calliandra chilensis · Calliandra comosa · Rio Grande stickpea · Calliandra cruegeri · Calliandra decrescens

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calliandra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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