what is this tree, please?

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bottlegreen Saint Paul, MN Feb 26, 2016

I saw this at La Brea Tar Pits: clusters of tubular red-orange flowers with lots of stamens, thorny branches.

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Cville_Gardener Clarksville, TN(Zone 7a) Feb 26, 2016

Coral Tree?

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) Feb 26, 2016

Oh Cville! I like the icon! Dunno the tree,I like it too!

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bottlegreen Saint Paul, MN Feb 27, 2016

Thank you! Could definitely be a coral tree. I wish I'd taken more photos or observed it more closely.

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Feb 27, 2016

Go Big Blue (Cville)...

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galesd San Diego, CA(Zone 10a) Feb 29, 2016

Definitely a coral tree (Erythrina), maybe erythrina crista-galli. There are many coral trees in southern California, and they are beautiful. They produce bright red seeds that look like southern magnolia seeds.

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