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Calliandra physocalyx

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Mexico (E. Guerrero to W. Oaxaca)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Calliandra physocalyx is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae, endemic to southwestern Mexico. It is a shrub with pink-and-white or pink-and-red flowers. Like other members of the genus Calliandra, the filaments of the stamens are long and colourful, in this case about 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) long. The species was first scientifically described in 1988.

Where it grows

Calliandra physocalyx is known only from a small mountainous area of the Pacific slope of southwestern Mexico, in western Oaxaca and adjacent Guerrero, at 490–1,050 metres (1,610–3,440 ft) elevation. It has been seen mostly in disturbed habitats that were previously forest.

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 physocalyx by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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