| Author | (Cavanilles) Bentham | |
| Distribution | Mostly Outer Banks/barrier islands and outer Coastal Plain, inland to the Sandhills of Richmond County.
Native of South America; in N.A. southeastern VA to FL and eastern TX; CA. | |
| Abundance | Frequent, except uncommon to rare in Columbus, Robeson, and Richmond counties. | |
| Habitat | Moist to seasonally inundated soils of roadside ditches, disturbed ground, clearings, marshes, interdune swales, impoundments. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting June-October. | |
| Identification | This is a very showy plant in bloom! It grows generally 4-6 feet tall, usually single-stemmed, with ascending branches forming an open crown. The leaves are cut into 6-20 pairs of narrowly elliptical leaflets, the terminal leaflet absent. Flowers grow in a raceme on a long stalk from leaf axil, bright scarlet (to red). The pods are 5-8 cm long, strongly 4-winged, and with a sharp tip. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | Also known as Daubentonia punicea.
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | G4 | |
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| USACE-agcp | FAC link |
| USACE-emp | FAC link |
