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Erythrina herbacea
cardinal spear
Other common names
Cherokee beancoral bean
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Botanical details
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Erythrina
- Genus description
Erythrina can be deciduous or evergreen subshrubs, shrubs or trees, often spiny, with trifoliate leaves and showy pea-like flowers which may be solitary, or in axillary or terminal racemes
- Name status
Correct
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