Fabaceae
Mountain immortelle
Erythrina poeppigiana
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Erythrina
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Mountain immortelle
- Quechua
- Chuku yura, Yunka amasisa
Synonyms
- Erythrina amasisa Spruce
- Erythrina darienensis Standl.
- Erythrina micropteryx Urb.
- Erythrina micropteryx Walp.
- Erythrina micropteryx Poepp. ex Urb.
- Erythrina pisamo Posada-Ar.
- Erythrina poeppigiana f. redmondii Steyerm. & Lasser
- Micropteryx poepiggiana Walp.
- Micropteryx poeppigiana Walp.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
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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.