Pink Red Powder Puff, Red Head Powder Puff ,. Red Powder Puff or Calliandra haematocephala Hassk with mist in morning. Calliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Mimosoideae. It contains about 140 species that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. The genus comprises herbaceous perennial plants, shrubs and rarely small trees growing 0.5ââ¬â6 m 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. These plants flower all year round, but the best blooming is in spring and summer. They can be easily pruned.
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