Cercis canadensis var. canadensis

Delaware Wildflowers

Cercis canadensis L. var. canadensis

Eastern Redbud

Fabaceae — Bean family

Historical native

Cercis canadensis var. canadensis — Chesterfield County, Virginia
April 2010

Cercis canadensis var. canadensis — Chesterfield County, Virginia
April 2010

Cercis canadensis var. canadensis — Chesterfield County, Virginia
April 2010

In 1946 redbud was "occasional in the Piedmont region of New Castle County" (Tatnall.) Today, though common in cultivation, it is considered historical in Delaware.