Each even, bipinnately compound leaf of Calliandra haematocephala (Family Mimosaceae) has a pair of leafy stipules attached to the leaf base. The shoot here is strongly plagiotropic, i.e., flattened so that all leaves face in one direction.
Plagiotropisms and stipules of Calliandra
The distinctive leaf of a fairy dusty, Calliandra haematocephala (Family Mimosaceae), cultivated in Southern California, like other legumes has a pair of stipules at the base of each leaf. The leaf is twice compound with two axes of leaflets arising from the short rachis.
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