Fairchild Botanic Garden
Fairchild Botanic Garden
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haematocephala
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Common name:
dwarf red powderpuff (English)
Family:
Fabaceae (Bean)
Life form:
Shrub/sub-shrub
Description:
'Dwarf Red Powderpuff' is a beautiful fast-growing shrub with dark green, bipinnate leaves and bright red fuzzy flowers made up of many long stamens. Blooms throughout most of the year, attracting butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees. Prefers full sun and well-draining soil, is drought tolerant once established.
Locations
1:
Plot 19b/Butterfly Garden
(19B)
• Accession: 2007-0163*A
2:
Plot 50
(50)
• Accession: 2006-0054*A
3:
Wings of the Tropics
(SVC)
• Accession: 2007-0163
Area
Individual