Reefcare Update: Canavalia rosea
Beautiful pink flowers of the beach bean
Carnavalia Rosea Vine – 1st Time on Site
Lisa Calder – Reefcare Co-ordinator was wandering around the site this afternoon checking for the immediate work required for the next working bee due Saturday 6 February, 2021 – (Reefcare had not attended the site for two months, as they do not work the first Saturday of the month in January) and found a vine with a beautiful pink pea shaped flower – it was quite a size and had a number of ‘beans’ – so hopefully this will generated into new plants of Canavalia rosea. Thanks to Catriona Wagg from Northern Beaches Council who was able to identify this plant from Lisa’s photo.
This is very exciting for Reefcare, as we now found another new native plant on site since the first sighting of Clematis in September, 2020 – and we are hoping maybe Catriona will be able to propagate from this plant and Reefcare will have a couple more of this native species on site.
Canavalia rosea is a species of flowering plant of the genus Canavalia in the pea family, Fabaceae,
Common names include beach bean, bay bean, seaside jack-bean, coastal jack-bean,[1] and MacKenzie bean.[2]. Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canavalia_rosea
Scientific name: Canavalia rosea
Order : Fabales
Genus: Canavalia
References
^ Jump up to:a b “Canavalia rosea“. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2010-12-04.
^ Jump up to:a b c d Christman, Steve (2004-01-14). “#857 Canavalia rosea“. Floridata. Retrieved 2010-12-04
