Fabaceae
Fairyduster
Calliandra eriophylla
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Calliandra
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 绵叶朱缨花, 绵毛叶美洲合欢
- English
- Fairyduster, Rio Grande stickpea
- French
- Calliandre
Synonyms
- Anneslia eriophylla (Benth.) Britton
- Calliandra chamaedrys Engelm.
- Calliandra conferta Benth.
- Calliandra eriophylla var. chamaedrys Isely
- Feuilleea eriophylla (Benth.) Kuntze
- Feuilleea texana Kuntze
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stickpen, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Danny S., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris English, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris English, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Almapayokels, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.