Fabaceae
Redcardinal
Erythrina herbacea
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Erythrina
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Redcardinal, Cardinal spear, Cherokee bean, Coral bean, Mamou plant, Red cardinal
- Malayalam
- എറിത്രീന ഹെർബസീ, കോറൽ ബീൻ, ചെറോക്കീ ബീൻ, തെക്കൻ ലൂസിയാനയിൽ മാമൗ പ്ലാൻറ്, റെഡ് കാർഡിനൽ, കാർഡിനൽ സ്പീയർ
Synonyms
- Corallodendron herbaceum (L.) Kuntze
- Erythrina arborea Small
- Erythrina hederaefolia Spreng.
- Erythrina hederifolia (Raf.) Spreng.
- Erythrina herbacea f. albiflora Moffler & Crewz
- Erythrina herbacea var. arborea Chapman
- Erythrina herbacea var. arborea (Small) Chapm.
- Erythrina humilis Salisb.
- Erythrina rubicunda Jacq.
- Xyphanthus hederifolius Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: William Farr, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.