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Styphnolobium affine
Also called Texas Sophora, Eve's Necklace, Coralbean, Pink Sophora
Eve's necklacepod is a large shrub or small deciduous tree from the south-central United States, grown for its fragrant pink or white flowers and bead-like seedpods. It does best in well-drained, often limestone-based soil and in full sun to light shade.
Styphnolobium affine, called Eve's necklace or Eve's necklacepod, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the U.S. states of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. A large shrub or small deciduous tree reaching at most 30 ft (9 m), usually half that, it prefers dry, limestone soils and light shade. It is valued as an ornamental for its aromatic, pink or white cascade of blooms, and subsequent strings of bead-like seedpods.
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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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
