Family: Fabaceae
Scientific Name: Calliandra tweedii
Common Name: Red Tassel flower, Trinidad Flame Bush, Powder Puff, Brazilian Flame Bush
Description | A tropical evergreen shrub with a large fine feathery flower. Used as a hedge or flowering shrub in warmer hardiness zones. |
Pronunciation | (kal-ee-AN-druh)(TWEE-dee-eye) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Broadleaf evergreen |
Hardiness Zone | (9)10-11 |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | tolerate poor soils |
Flowers | red tassel-like, made up of a cluster of red stamens |
Leaves | many fine leaflets, twice pinnate |
Dimensions | many stemmed dense shrub reaching 6 feet tall |
Propagation | cuttings |
Native Site | Brazil and Uruguay. |
Misc Facts | I have seen this also listed in the Mimosacea and Leguminosae families. (syn. Inga pulcherrima) |
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