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Calliandra brevipes

Naturalised at Auckland Zoo. Mar 2008.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Calliandra brevipes showing growth habit, Western Springs Park, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 26/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Calliandra brevipes close up of flower, Western Springs Park, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 26/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Calliandra brevipes with immature fruit, Western Springs Park, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 26/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Calliandra brevipes seedling, Western Springs Park, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 26/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Calliandra brevipes sapling growing amongst Carex virgata, Western Springs Park, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 26/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Flower colours

Red/Pink, White

Similar taxa

Calliandra tweedii Benth. is similar but has yellow-green leaves and red flowers. It rarely sets seed but suckers profusely

Habitat

A casual weed of Auckland City where it has naturalised from seed in several urban parks and at the Auckland Zoological Gardens

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Calliandra

Family

Fabaceae

Authority

Calliandra brevipes Benth.

Endemic family

Ecology

Flowering

October - February

Fruiting

Year round

Year naturalised

2004

Reason for introduction

Ornamental

Tolerances

Drought tolerant

Life cycle and dispersal

Long-lived shrub to small tree. Reproduces by seed. Seed is long-lived, hard-shelled; forms a large soil seed bank. Dispersed by gravity and water.

Other information

Etymology

brevipes: Short foot

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