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. rosea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm240418_8659
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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Dan Whitten sdw_042823_robinia1
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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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...
COMPARE
flowers of pink-flowering Locust species
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm230505_2968
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
These plants were no more than 18" tall.
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JK Marlow jkm230505_2972b
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230505_2974
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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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).
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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).
COMPARE
leaves of Locust species
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JK Marlow jkm230505_2978
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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Ron Lance rwl_boyntonii
May
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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
Talk about a late-bloomer...
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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
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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
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p155
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p300
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