Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Robinia hispida var. fertilis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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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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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?
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
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