Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Robinia hispida var. kelseyi
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. 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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Ron Lance rwl_kelseyi_2
April
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5099
May Jackson County NC
Stipular spines slender and weak, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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May Jackson County NC
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May Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm090607_113
June Jackson County NC
Racemes to 1dm long, 5-8 flowered, with glandular-hirsute rachis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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June Jackson County NC
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June Jackson County NC
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June Jackson County NC
Leaflets 9-13, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
leaves of Locust species
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
1251
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas?
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Rare
Look for it in mountain woodlands, and introduced elsewhere, 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: 9-13 leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p062?
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p081
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p106?
- Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Trees p231
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p075?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p101?
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p300