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Fabaceae

Twoflower stickpea

Calliandra biflora Tharp

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Calliandra

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Twoflower stickpea (Calliandra biflora)
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
双花朱缨花, 雙花朱纓花
English
Twoflower stickpea

Flowers

In flower
June to August (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.