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. kelseyi
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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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. kelseyi
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Robinia hispida var. hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) (Isely & Peabody, 1984)
Robinia hispida var. kelseyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-32-008:
Robinia kelseyi FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Robinia kelseyi
COMMON NAME:
Kelsey's Locust
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May Jackson County NC
Stipular spines slender and weak, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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May Jackson County NC
Extrafloral nectaries can be found near Robinia's stipular spines, per Many Plants Have Extrafloral Nectaries Helpful to Beneficials (Mizell, 2001).
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May Jackson County NC
Twigs glabrous or with a few bristles, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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June Jackson County NC
Racemes to 1dm long, 5-8 flowered, with glandular-hirsute rachis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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June Jackson County NC
Leaflets 9-13, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
leaves of Locust species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Robinia hispida var. kelseyi
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Robinia hispida var. kelseyi
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Robinia hispida var. hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) (Isely & Peabody, 1984)
Robinia hispida var. kelseyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-32-008:
Robinia kelseyi
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Robinia kelseyi