Robinia hispida
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Photos Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Robinia hispida |
| Common name: | bristly locust |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Growth type: | tree/shrub |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | to 8' |
| Foliage: | alternate pinnately compound 9 to 13, glabrous, ovate to oblong, entire new growth is glandular/hispid with bristly red hairs |
| Flower: | light pink to rose, 1" long |
| Flowering time: | May - June, fruit is flat pod, 2 to 2 1/2" long and bristly |
| Habitat: | usually cultivated but occasionally escaped to roadsides or abandoned fields |
| Range in New Jersey: | local through the Coastal Plain, and north to Hunterdon County |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |