Erythrina herbacea, Mamou
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Category: Native (Perinnial shrub)
Height: 3 to 5 feet
Light: Full sun to part shade
Bloom: tall spikes of glowing red to purplish-red, 2-3inch tubular blooms held well above the foliage
Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer
Growth Habit: Upright
Comments: Pollinated flowers produce long pods that burst open with bright, shiny red-orange beans; magnet for hummingbirds and large butterflies; long-lived, disease and pest resistant; beans and much of the plant itself are considered poisonous
Photo:
gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
Geoff Gallice from Gainesville, FL, USA / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)