NameThatPlant.net: Robinia hispida var. fertilis

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Robinia hispida var. fertilis FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

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. fertilis FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Robinia hispida var. fertilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) (Isely & Peabody, 1984)

Robinia hispida var. fertilis

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, 1938)

Robinia fertilis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Robinia grandiflora

COMMON NAME:
Arnot Bristly Locust, Fruitful Locust

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image of Robinia hispida var. fertilis, Arnot Bristly Locust, Fruitful Locust

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).

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).

Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_hispida_fertilis_3

May

Twigs and leafstalks conspicuously hispid; leaflets relatively broad, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

Ron Lance rwl_hispida_var_fertilis

May?

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Robinia hispida var. fertilis FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Robinia hispida var. fertilis FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Robinia hispida var. fertilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) (Isely & Peabody, 1984)
Robinia hispida var. fertilis

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, 1938)
Robinia fertilis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Robinia grandiflora

3752

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands and forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems of juvenile plants usually armed with paired stipular or nodal spines

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 7-13(19) leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Legume

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p300

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