- Calliandra californica
Taxobox
name = Baja fairy duster
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Fabales
familia =Fabaceae
subfamilia =Mimosoideae
genus = "Calliandra "
species = "C. californica"
binomial = "Calliandra californica"
binomial_authority = Benth."Calliandra californica" (Baja fairy duster), is a
shrub which is native toMexico . The flowers, which appear in early summer, have clusters of red stamens. The shrub is usually between 0.6 and 1.8 metres in height and has bipinnate leaves.Along with many other legumes and leadworts ("
Plumbago "), [cite web | url = http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1583 | work = Butterflies and Moths of North America | title = Marine Blue] it is a host plant for the Marine Blue caterpillar ("Leptotes marina"). [cite web | url = http://www.naba.org/ftp/seaz.pdf | format = PDF | title = Southeastern Arizona | author = Rich Bailowitz and Jim Brock | publisher = North American Butterfly Association ]References
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?405929name USDA GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: "Calliandra californica"]
* [http://cals.arizona.edu/pima/gardening/aridplants/Calliandra_californica.html The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension: "Calliandra californica"]
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