Fabaceae
Calliandra houstoniana
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Calliandra
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Synonyms
- Acacia houstoni (L'Her.) Willd.
- Acacia metrosiderifolia Schltdl.
- Anneslia houstoniana (Mill.) Britton & Rose
- Anneslia lucens Britton & Rose
- Calliandra metrosiderifolia Benth.
- Mimosa houstoni L'Her.
- Mimosa houstoniana Mill.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to December (from 146 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jake Rehage, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Martín Sánchez Vilchis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: froybalam, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: tmcowiti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Guillermo Huerta Ramos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.