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 Leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Frankie Coburn @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: Calliandra humilus
General Desc:
Perennial herb or subshrub (somewhat shrubby). Plants with angled stems that are spreading to ascending; without hairs or minutely hairy; leaves twice pinnately compound. Flower clusters round.
Identification notes: Round and stemmed flower clusters in leaf axils; bipinnate leaves, with 4 to 10 branches of 8 to 15 pairs of leaflets. A small crater-like gland between the lowest pinnae of a leaf distinguish this species from Calliandra humilis.
Height:
8 to 20 inches
Habitat Description: Found in dry slopes, mesas and plains.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 3500 - 7500 feet
Color:
Whitish to pinkish
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Sep
Description:
Sessile, round clusters in axillary inflorescence on stems >3/4 inch long, heads several to many-flowered; calyx (sepals) >1/16 inch long with short lobes, corolla (petals) to 1/8 inch long, with 10 showy stamens.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems spreading to ascending, 8 to 20 inches long. Leaves bipinnate with 2 to 5 pairs of branches with 8 to 15 pairs of oblong or narrow leaflets 1/16 to 1/4 inch long, leaflets attach at an angle, are pointed at their tips and hairy when young.
Fruit Color: Green
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Pods solitary or few, 1 to 2-3/4 inches long, 1/8 inch wide; slender, elongate and linear or nearly so.
Seed Notes: Pods several seeded.
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