OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Robinia hispida var. nana

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

Robinia hispida var. nana

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-32-006:

Robinia nana   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Robinia elliottii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Robinia elliottii

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

Robinia elliottii

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

Robinia nana

 

COMMON NAME:
 Dwarf Bristly Locust, Dwarf Locust

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image of Robinia nana, Dwarf Bristly Locust, Dwarf Locust

Will Stuart    wil_8455331275_4ce1ce4e9c

April    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Woody stems glabrous, but fine hairs on the new stems and the calyx. — Will Stuart

image of Robinia nana, Dwarf Bristly Locust, Dwarf Locust

Will Stuart    wil_8456427478_7751d94ab6

April    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Resembling R. hispida (Bristly Locust) but lacking its bristles. — Will Stuart

image of Robinia nana, Dwarf Bristly Locust, Dwarf Locust

Alan S. Weakley    asw_628439902479152

May    Cumberland County    NC

Carvers Creek State Park

Shrubs 0.2-1m tall, little branched, stems and branches typically zigzag (bent at each node), per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Robinia nana, Dwarf Bristly Locust, Dwarf Locust

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231836651955291

June        

Leaflets usually 9-13, initially appressed-silky but later glabrate beneath, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Robinia nana   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Robinia hispida var. nana

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

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-32-006:
 Robinia nana   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
 Robinia elliottii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
 Robinia elliottii

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

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

 

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2548

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry rocky forests (especially associated with chestnut oak), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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: 9-13 leaflets, usually
Mostly alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume (but rarely and scantily fruiting)

 

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