Fabaceae

Purple stickpea

Calliandra purpurea (L.) Benth.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Calliandra

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Purple stickpea (Calliandra purpurea) — FlowerPhoto: Matteo Bellucci, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Purple stickpea

Synonyms

Anneslia purpurea (L.) Britton
Calliandra conoensis H.Karst.
Calliandra coroensis H.Karst.
Calliandra obtusifolia (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) H.Karst.
Calliandra purpurea var. dussiana Stehlé
Calliandra purpurea var. quentiniana Stehlé
Calliandra slaneae R.A.Howard
Codonandra coroensis Müll.Berol.
Feuilleea purpurea (L.) Kuntze
Inga obtusifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Inga purpurea Willd.
Mimosa obtusifolia Poir.
Mimosa purpurea L.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Matteo Bellucci, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / CC-BY-SA-3., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: El Funcionario, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: El Funcionario, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: El Funcionario, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: El Funcionario, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: El Funcionario, 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.