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Calliandra houstoniana (Mill.) Standl. (syn. Acacia houstoni (L’Her.) Willd.; Acacia metrosideriflora Schltdl.; Acacia metrosiderifolia Schltdl. [Spelling variant]; Anneslia alamosensis Britton & Rose; Anneslia etzatlana Britton & Rose; Anneslia falcifolia Salisb.; Anneslia houstoniana (Mill.) Britton & Rose; Anneslia lucens Britton & Rose; Calliandra houstoniana subsp. alamosensis Macqueen & H.M.Hern. .; Calliandra houstonii (L’Her.) Benth.; Calliandra lucens (Britton) Standl.; Calliandra metrosideriflora Benth.; Calliandra metrosiderifolia Benth. [Spelling variant]; Mimosa houstoni L’Her.; Mimosa houstoniana Mill.; Mimosa houstonii L’Her. [Spelling variant]);
Slender shrub with rusty hairs on young branches, petioles and rachis; pinnae 7-12 pairs; leaflets closely set 30-40 pairs, oblong-linear, 5-6 mm long, somewhat curved, acute; flowers in heads clustered at intervals on raceme-like inflorescence up to 45 cm long; stamens purple-red, up to 5 cm long; pod up to 10 cm long, hispid with brown hairs.
Calliandra houstoniana (Mill.) Standl., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:386. 1922
syn: Mimosa houstoniana Mill
Slender shrub with rusty hairs on young branches, petioles and rachis; pinnae 7-12 pairs; leaflets closely set 30-40 pairs, oblong-linear, 5-6 mm long, somewhat curved, acute; flowers in heads clustered at intervals on raceme-like inflorescence up to 45 cm long; stamens purple-red, up to 5 cm long; pod up to 10 cm long, hispid with brown hairs.
Photographed from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh.
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