Southwestern Coral Bean
Erythrina flabelliformis
Southwestern coral bean is a dramatic desert shrub that opens spikes of brilliant scarlet tubular flowers before its leaves, drawing hummingbirds. Striking red seeds are toxic.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–10 ft
- Spacing
- 4–10 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- red
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AZ