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. 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
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
Stipules short, barely rigid enough to be considered spinose, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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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
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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