Red Powder Puff, Red Powderpuff, Blood-red Tassel-flower, Pink Powderpuff, Lehua Haole, Calliandra haematocephala, Fabaceae. Bolivia, South America.
Red Powder Puff, Red Powderpuff, Blood-red Tassel-flower, Pink Powderpuff, Lehua Haole, Calliandra haematocephala, Fabaceae. Bolivia, South America. Syn. Calliandra boliviana and Calliandra inequilatera'. The native range of this species is Bolivia. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and as a medicine. Rambling shrub or small tree with branched pinnate, silky leaves and powder-puff-like balls of conspicuous dark crimson stamens. 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 flower are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds but only appear from November-April. The buds before the flowers open look like raspberries.
Size: 4338px × 3144px
Location: Bolivia, South America
Photo credit: © Florapix / Alamy / Afripics
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