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.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Robinia hispida var. kelseyi
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Robinia hispida var. kelseyi
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-32-008:
Robinia kelseyi
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Kelsey's Locust
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Ron Lance rwl_kelseyi_2
April
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5099
May Transylvania County NC
Stipular spines slender and weak, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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May Transylvania County NC
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May Transylvania County NC
Extrafloral nectaries can be found near Robinia's stipular spines, per Many Plants Have Extrafloral Nectaries Helpful to Beneficials (Mizell, 2001) .
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5125
May Transylvania County NC
Twigs glabrous or with a few bristles, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Ron Lance rwl_kelseyi_1
May
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JK Marlow jkm090607_108
June Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm090607_113
June Transylvania County NC
Racemes to 1dm long, 5-8 flowered, with glandular-hirsute rachis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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June Transylvania County NC
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June Transylvania County NC
COMPARE
flowers of pink-flowering Locust species
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June Transylvania County NC
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June Transylvania County NC
Leaflets 9-13, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
leaves of Locust species