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



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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)

Robinia hispida var. rosea

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

Robinia hispida var. rosea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-32-007:

Robinia boyntonii   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Robinia boyntonii

 

COMMON NAME:
Boynton's Locust


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image of Robinia hispida var. rosea, Boynton's Locust

Dan Whitten    sdw_042823_robinia1

April    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Robinia hispida var. rosea, Boynton's Locust

Dan Whitten    sdw_042823_robinia2

April    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Racemes and calyces may be glabrous, or may have fine nonglandular pubescence, or...


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image of Robinia hispida var. rosea, Boynton's Locust

Dan Whitten    sdw_042823_robinia2b

April    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

...may have partially or mostly glandular, fine or semihispid pubescence, per Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) (Isely & Peabody, 1984).

image of Robinia hispida var. rosea, Boynton's Locust

JK Marlow    jkm230505_2968

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

These plants were no more than 18" tall.

image of Robinia hispida var. rosea, Boynton's Locust

JK Marlow    jkm230505_2972b

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Robinia hispida var. rosea, Boynton's Locust

JK Marlow    jkm230505_2974

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Robinia hispida var. rosea, Boynton's Locust

JK Marlow    jkm230505_2975

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Stipular spines short or lacking, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Robinia hispida var. rosea, Boynton's Locust

JK Marlow    jkm230505_2976

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Leaflets commonly large, conspicuously mucronate, from broad and obtuse to narrow and tapering, per Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) (Isely & Peabody, 1984).


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image of Robinia hispida var. rosea, Boynton's Locust

JK Marlow    jkm230505_2978

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Robinia hispida var. rosea, Boynton's Locust

Ron Lance    rwl_boyntonii

May        

image of Robinia hispida var. rosea, Boynton's Locust

JK Marlow    jkm080913_044

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Robinia hispida var. rosea, Boynton's Locust

JK Marlow    jkm080913_052

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Talk about a late-bloomer...

image of Robinia hispida var. rosea, Boynton's Locust

JK Marlow    jkm080913_054

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

 

 

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)
Robinia hispida var. rosea

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-32-007:
Robinia boyntonii   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Robinia boyntonii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2745

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Pitch pine woodlands, other mountain woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Mountains of the Carolinas & Georgia, and to the NC Piedmont

Rare

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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

 

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