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Calliandra eriophylla
This plant is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 2.3 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere). It is less than 2 feet tall and has red, dense stamens. The leaves are bipinnate.
Native plant growing in Creosote Bush Scrub at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Aka False Mesquite, Mock Mesquite and Mesquitella.
Spotted on Dec 28, 2013
Submitted on Dec 29, 2013
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