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. fertilis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Robinia hispida var. fertilis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-32-004?:
Robinia hispida
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Robinia fertilis
COMMON NAME:
Arnot Bristly Locust, Fruitful Locust
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_rofe3_001_lhp
Plants fruit abundantly (vs. sterile or fruiting scantily in var. hispida), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_hispida_fertilis_2
May
Corolla pink to pink-purple (rarely white or nearly so), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_hispida_fertilis_3
May
Twigs and leafstalks conspicuously hispid; leaflets relatively broad, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Ron Lance rwl_hispida_var_fertilis
May?