| Scientific Name: | Phaseolus coccineus |
| Common Name: | scarlet runner bean |
| Family Name: | Fabaceae |
| Origin: | Central America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Herbaceous perennial, Vine or climber |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like, Irregular |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Trifoliate (ternate), Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Orange, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Legume, Green, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Tall vine; leaves trifoliate, leaflets ovate, 10-15cm long x 5-10cm wide, petiolule on terminal leaflet 2-4cm long and <1cm long on side leaflets; flowers orange, bilabiate, 4-5cm long x 2-3cm wide; legumes 10-25cm long x 1-2cm wide. | |