Plants with red bloomCerrado biomass----------Photographs - Geographical location----------City :
PirenópolisThe west central Brazil is an area that can be divided into two parts:
The Planalto, formed of savannah area, with a well defined climate in 2 periods, rain and drought, and width the "Mato-grosso-goiano", lowlands from which come the sources of the Tocantins and Araguaia rivers.
The village of Pirenópolis is at the limit of these reliefs. The village lies at the foot of Pireneus, part of the division of planalto.
Region :
Mountains of PireneusState :
Goiás - Botanical data -
Botanical family : Fabaceae ou Papilionacea ou Leguminosae
Scientific name : Calliandra dysantha
Popular Name(s) : (Common names given to plants have very different origins, and thus may be different from one state to another or even from one municipality to another.)
flor do Cerrado (DF),treme-treme. cigana, esponjinha, flor-de-cabloco
Geographical distribution (States) : Acre, Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Tocantins,
Habitat : The cerrado
Flowering : March to July
Description : Small shrub Cerrado, the flower is large, with rounded shapes, which makes it can be easily seen in this period.
The flower is shaped red pompom, pink or white. This flower is actually composed of a multitude of small flowers aglutinées to form the rounded shape.
