Fabaceae

Stickpea

Calliandra haematocephala Hassk.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Calliandra

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Common names

By language (11)

arz: كالياندرا هيماتوسيفالا
Bangla: পাউডার পাফ
Cantonese: 紅合歡
Chinese: 朱纓花, 朱缨花, 美洲合歡, 红绒球, 美洲合欢, 美蕊花, 金盏菊根, 紅合歡
English: Stickpea, Powder puf
French: Arbre aux houppettes
hsb: Čerwjena kaljandra
Japanese: オオベニゴウカン
Marathi: पाउडर पफ फुल
Persian: کالیاندرا
Thai: พู่จอมพล

Synonyms

Anneslia haematocephala (Hassk.) Britton & P.Wilson
Feuilleea haematocephala (Hassk.) Kuntze

Characteristics

In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: introduced

Photos

Photo: Greg Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Yuan Zhuang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tatiana Gerus, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tiffany Sanders, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Arne Holgersson, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Valentine Cousin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Atudu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: pepperboyy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Atudu, 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.