Powder Puff

Calliandra

Description:

Calliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Mimosoideae.

Habitat:

The Calliandra genus contains about 200 species that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Powder Puff

Caliandra sp. Calliandra

18 Comments

W1ldl1f3 1 10 years ago

Makes me feel like fireworks!

zapabio 11 years ago

Beautiful !!! Nice colours !!!

rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Thanks all for all the comments !

East End aka Lorelei 12 years ago

Congratulations! Beautiful!

KarenL 12 years ago

Congratulations Rubens!

Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Congratulations Rubens

vipin.baliga 12 years ago

Fantastic..!!

Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Congrats!

OnengDyah 12 years ago

It beautifful..that colour is beautifful.

Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

Parabéns pela acham do dia

Yasser 12 years ago

Congrats! This beautiful shot was selected as Spotting of the Day!

"Calliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family. The flowers have numerous long slender stamens that give rise to the common name of Powder puff."

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Aaron_G 12 years ago

Every time I look at this thumbnail image in the stream, it makes me think of fireworks. Looking through the comments, I'm not alone with that thought. :-) Great images!