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Calliandra californicaBaja fairy duster.
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Found mainly in Baja California and adjacent Mexico, where it is known as Zapotillo. U.C. Berkeley Botanical Gardens.
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The smallest Calliandra I've ever seen-the plant is about 50cm hight, has tiny leaflets, small flowers ~5cm, seedpods ~5cm.Common name: Baja fairy dusterNative to Mexico (N. America)Photographed in Mt Coot-tha Botanic Garden
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04/04/09 The Living Desert - Palm Desert, CA
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Calliandra californicaBaja fairy duster. I'm uncertain if this plant makes it into the California Floristic Province. I do have another photo of the species in habitat at a location that must be near the southern border of the province. This specimen has been growing in a sunny, well-protected spot on the west side of our home since the late 1990s. It blooms every year. Photographed at a private garden in Berkeley, CA