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Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC.
Beach-bean, Baybean, Seaside jackbean

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Vine

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Bermuda, southeastern United States (Florida to Texas), the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World tropics.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Apparently Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images.

Synonyms: C. lineata, misapplied.

Other data on Canavalia rosea available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Canavalia rosea has been found in the following 58 conservation areas :
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native
Attwood Addition, Indian Key Historic State Park	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Beachwalk Pasley Park	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bonair Beach Parcel, Martin County	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Cape Romano - Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Carlin Park	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Cedar Point Environmental Park	Present	Native
Chapman Field Park	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Dry Tortugas National Park	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Gasparilla Island State Park	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Gulfstream Park	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Homestead Bayfront Park	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Little Hamaca Park	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Reported
Lovers Key State Park	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Muscara	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Oleta River State Park	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Phipps Ocean Park	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Present	Native
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Tamarind Private Dune	Present	Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Twin Rivers	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Canavalia rosea has been found in the following 8 counties :
Broward County		Native
Collier County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native