Erythrina Species, Cardinal Spear, Cherokee Bean, Coral Bean (Erythrina herbacea)
Upper Tampa Bay County Park - Hillsborough County Florida 4-14-07
Growing wild in Rockport (Gulf Coast), Texas
Close up of leaflet.
July pink flowers in Pasadena, with pollinator
First year growing this. Here you seeing it growing wild.
A nice close up of one of the hundred or so flower spikes in this group.
In the 'woods'
Coral Bean is blooming in my yard now (April). It has no leaves. This is zone 9a. No frost fell on this plant this year.
This picture shows underside (left) and upper surface of Coral Bean leaves as scanned last year.
Foliage
plant in July, Pasadena California Huntington Gardens- PINK!
Coral Bean blossoms, the shocking pink seeems to glow.
Close up of Coral Bean, isin't it gorgeous?
Sarasota County - March 2005
The photo doesn't do this mound justice!
Coral Bean seedlings 2 weeks old.
Seeds - Along a Withlacoochee State Forest trail - early October 2005
Coral Bean flower.
blooming wild in Bluffton, SC (beaufort county) on buckwalter parkway
showing the top of the large root
Coral bean just breaking through the soil, you can see the red seed coat
5 day old seedling, with shed seed coat visible
Magnolia, Texas, 8-11-2008, on my land just outside my back door growing wild. These are the seeds.
Western McLennan Co., TX
Western McLennan Co., TX
Western McLennan Co., TX
University of Agriculture Faisalabad,Punjab,Pakistan
Coral Bean, May 18, 2011, Summerville, SC
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Erythrina Species, Cardinal Spear, Cherokee Bean, Coral Bean
Erythrina herbacea
| Type: | Perennials |
| Height: | 36-48 in. (90-120 cm) |
| Conditions: | Zone 7-10, Sun to Partial Shade |