Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Robinia hispida var. rosea
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. rosea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-32-007:
Robinia boyntonii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Boynton's Locust
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JK Marlow jkm200517_4942
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Racemes & calyces glabrous or finely pubescent (nonglandular or semihispid), per Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) (Isely & Peabody, 1984).
COMPARE
flowers of pink-flowering Locust species
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JK Marlow jkm200517_4942b
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Racemes & calyces glabrous or finely pubescent (nonglandular or semihispid), per Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) (Isely & Peabody, 1984).
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JK Marlow jkm200517_4943
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200517_4945
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200517_4949
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200517_4950
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaflets broad and obtuse to narrow and tapering, conspicuously mucronate, per Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) (Isely & Peabody, 1984).
COMPARE
leaves of Locust species
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Ron Lance rwl_boyntonii
May
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JK Marlow jkm080913_044
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm080913_052
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm080913_054
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7715
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Robinia hispida var. rosea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Robinia hispida var. rosea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-32-007:
Robinia boyntonii
FAMILY
Fabaceae
2745
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in mountain woodlands, 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 may be 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:
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!