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Fabaceae > Erythrina (Coral Bean) | |
Coral Bean, Cherokee Bean, Cardinal Spear (Erythrina herbacea) New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 Rare in the NC coastal plain in sandy wooded habitats. | |
Coral Bean, Cherokee Bean, Cardinal Spear (Erythrina herbacea) New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 | |
Coral Bean, Cherokee Bean, Cardinal Spear (Erythrina herbacea) New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 NC is the northern end of its range, where Coral Bean tends to be a perennial herb to small shrub. Further south, it can be a small tree. Note pinnately compound leaves with 3 leaflets. | |
Coral Bean, Cherokee Bean, Cardinal Spear (Erythrina herbacea) New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 Leaflet detail. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
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