Title: Calliandra eriophylla - Wikipedia
Headings: Calliandra eriophylla
Calliandra eriophylla
Contents
Description
Name origin
Identification
Habitat- growth habitat
Distribution
Seeding and pollination
Animals
References
External links

Content: The shrub is usually between 20 and 50 cm (8 and 20 in) high and has bipinnate leaves. Alternative common names for this species include mock mesquite and mesquitella . Contents
1 Description
2 Name origin
3 Identification
4 Habitat- growth habitat
5 Distribution
6 Seeding and pollination
7 Animals
8 References
9 External links
Description
The Calliandra genus has over 250 species, with only three being native to the southwest. Found in regions such as Northern Mexico Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts along with Southern California and Southwestern New Mexico. This spectacular plant gets its name as a reference to its “showy appearance” .The Calliandra plants thrive in the heat and once established can endure extreme droughts. They can survive being watered as little as once to twice a week. Name origin
The genus name, Calliandra, means “beautiful-stamens”. The species name, eriophylla is Greek for “wooly leaf”.” ( 1) Some of its common names are fairy duster, false mesquite, stickpea, hairy-leaved Calliandra, pink mimosa, pink-flowered acacia, mesquitilla, plumita, gavia, huajillo, cabeza angel, cabelleto de angel, cabeze de angel, and cosahui. Identification
Typically, the Calliandra is a low growing plant, prostrate toward upper elevation, and at lower elevation grows erect and bushy.