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Field Notes

Description:

I used to know the name of this, but have forgotten. It has remarkable white flowers that are arranged in a fringe shape about 4 or 5 inches wide. The leaves are small and oval shaped with a soft point at the tip and where it meets the stem. The plant was very large.

Habitat:

Seems to like shade.

Notes:

I don't think this is a florida native plant, but it is quite pretty.

Species ID Suggestions

White Powder Puff Flower

Calliandra haematocephala

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Comments (7)
oxyjack
I should have added 'alba' to the end of the ID. It's the white form, there are also bright magenta pink forms too.
oxyjack
The tree version gets rather large: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliandra

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PublishedMarch 19, 2012

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