Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Robinia nana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Robinia hispida var. nana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Robinia hispida var. nana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) (Isely & Peabody, 1984)
Robinia hispida var. nana
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-32-006:
Robinia nana FAMILY Fabaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Robinia elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Robinia elliottii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Robinia elliottii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Robinia nana
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Bristly Locust, Dwarf Locust
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Will Stuart wil_8455331275_4ce1ce4e9c
April Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Woody stems glabrous, but fine hairs on the new stems and the calyx. — Will Stuart
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Will Stuart wil_8456427478_7751d94ab6
April Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Resembling R. hispida (Bristly Locust) but lacking its bristles. — Will Stuart
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Alan S. Weakley asw_628439902479152
May Cumberland County NC
Carvers Creek State Park
Shrubs 0.2-1m tall, little branched, stems and branches typically zigzag (bent at each node), per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231836651955291
June
Leaflets usually 9-13, initially appressed-silky but later glabrate beneath, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Robinia nana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Robinia hispida var. nana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Robinia hispida var. nana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) (Isely & Peabody, 1984)
Robinia hispida var. nana
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-32-006:
Robinia nana
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Robinia elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Robinia elliottii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Robinia elliottii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Robinia nana
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Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry rocky forests (especially associated with chestnut oak), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems of juvenile plants usually armed with paired stipular or nodal spines
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 9-13 leaflets, usually
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume (but rarely and scantily fruiting)
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p085
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p155
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p156
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p081?
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p300
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p114
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