Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Robinia hispida var. hispida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about the several varieties of Bristly Locust from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Extrafloral nectaries, nectar-producing glands physically apart from the flower, occur in 2000+ plant species, including Robinia. Read more at UF/IFAS Extension.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Robinia hispida var. hispida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-32-004:
Robinia hispida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bristly Locust
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JK Marlow jkm0404e_29
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Twigs, leaf stalks and flower stalks are covered with bristly hairs, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0405i_26
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0405i_29
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0405i_30
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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Ron Lance rwl_hispida_var_hispida
May
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Ron Lance rwl_robiniahispida
May Jackson County NC
Twigs and leafstalks conspicuously hispid with hairs 1-5mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm090610_104
June Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm090610_113
June Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Peduncles, rachises & pedicels more or less hispid; calyx hispid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
flowers of pink-flowering Locust species
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JK Marlow jkm090610_118
June Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0407k_01
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Fruits are bristly, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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Sam Pratt sbp_3401
September Spartanburg County SC
Leaflets relatively narrow [vs. var. fertilis], mostly 1.8-2.5x long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
COMPARE
leaves of Locust species
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JK Marlow jkm0411a_07
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0411a_08
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Robinia hispida var. hispida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Robinia hispida var. hispida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-32-004:
Robinia hispida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
1250
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Piedmont & Coastal Plain, where mostly?entirely? introduced)
Look for it in woodlands and forests, and as an escape in disturbed areas and roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems of juvenile plants usually armed with paired stipular or nodal spines
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 7-13(19) leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p062
- Landscaping with Native Trees p227
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p081
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p149
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p106
- The Sibley Guide to Trees p128
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p075
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p101
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p129
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p08
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p300
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p114