Erythrina herbacea Woodlanders Pink Uruguay hypoglauca x H

hypoglauca x H

In windy areas

this very low-growing groundcover

but often partially green

discovered by French plant explorer Pere Farges in the early 1900s

Erythrina herbacea Woodlanders Pink Uruguay hypoglauca x HThis rare pink flowered form of our Southeast North American sandy woods native was left here by extraterrestrials it's just too weird for any other explanation. In mid May (NC), the flower stalks grow rapidly from the woody underground base to 3' in length. The top half of each flowering stem is lined with dozens of pink, lipstick like flowers. After flowering, the slightly prickly branches emerge alongside, clothed with pea like, trifoliate (three