Calliandra sesquipedalis
Calliandra sesquipedalis
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Calliandra sesquipedalis is a powder-puff shrub with notably long stamens or pods, as its epithet ('foot-and-a-half') suggests, belonging to the genus Call
Calliandra sesquipedalis is a powder-puff shrub with notably long stamens or pods, as its epithet ('foot-and-a-half') suggests, belonging to the genus Calliandra in the mimosoid family Fabaceae. Native to tropical America, it produces the showy spherical flower heads with numerous long stamens characteristic of this ornamentally valuable genus.
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What family does Calliandra sesquipedalis belong to?
Calliandra sesquipedalis (Calliandra sesquipedalis) belongs to the family Fabaceae in the order Fabales.
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