Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Coral-bean from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Erythrina herbacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erythrina herbacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-40-001:
Erythrina herbacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Erythrina arborea
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Erythrina herbacea
COMMON NAME:
Coral-bean, Cardinal-spear
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Keith Bradley kab_e_herbacea_06161
March Miami-Dade County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_e_herbacea_07108
March Miami-Dade County FL
Flowers 1-4" long, tubular, borne perpendicular to axis of the erect stem, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeherbacea_home1
April Anderson County SC
An erect, prickly, multistemmed, predominantly herbaceous perennial to 4.5', per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm090516_076
May Charleston County SC
The 3 leaflets are hastate to widely deltate, occasionally prickly beneath, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
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Jerry Bright jeb_072608_164
July Berkeley-Charleston Counties SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Legume severely constricted between bright red seeds, splitting at maturity, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5791
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5792
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park