Dwarf Red Lovesick Bean Lotus is a translation referring to red lovesick bean of the genus Acacia. This bean is used in jewelry but is extremely poisonous. There are several Chinese poems which refer to the lovesick bean. Oddly, the flowers are often are yellow to creamy white on the plants of Acacia. The lotus is a small growing plant which produces a versicolor flower of pink tips to white ending with a creamy yellow base.

Lovesick Beans by By Wang Wei  [Tang Dynasty]

红豆生南国，(hóng dòu shēng nán guó,)
In the southern lands jequirities are grown.
春来发几枝? (chūn lái fā jǐ zhī?)
In spring the trees shoot up. How many sprays are new?
劝君多采撷，(quàn jūn duō cǎi xié,)
Gather as many as you can,
此物最相思。(cǐ wù zuì xiāng sī.)
The veriest reminder of love known