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Calia secundiflora
Also called Texas Mountain Laurel, Mescal Bean, Mescalbean, Texas Mescalbean
Texas mountain laurel is an evergreen shrub or small tree from the southwestern US and northern Mexico, grown for its fragrant purple spring flowers and orange-red seeds. It is drought tolerant and does best in full sun with well-drained soil.
Dermatophyllum secundiflorum is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the family Fabaceae that is native to the Southwestern United States (Texas, New Mexico) and Mexico (Chihuahua and Coahuila south to Hidalgo, Puebla, and Querétaro). Its common names include Texas mountain laurel, Texas mescalbean, grape Koolaid tree, frijolito, and frijolillo.
It is well-adapted to arid and semiarid habitats, but is most common in riparian zones.
D. secundiflorum is a popular ornamental plant due to its showy flowers and orange seeds. The reddish wood that it produces is potentially useful, but as yet has little commercial value.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dermatophyllum secundiflorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
