Robinia hispida

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Robinieae
Genus: Robinia
Species: Robinia hispida
Varietates: R. h. var. fertilis – R. h. var. hispida – R. h. var. kelseyi – R. h. var. nana – R. h. var. rosea
Name

Robinia hispida L. (1767)
Synonyms

Pseudo-acacia hispida (L.) Moench
Robinia hispida var. typica R.T.Clausen

Hybrids

R. × longiloba – R. × margarettae
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Eastern USA
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia
Introduced into:
Baltic States, China North-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, France, Illinois, Japan, Korea, Krym, New Mexico, North Caucasus, South European Russia, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus., C. 1767–1771. Mantissa Plantarum Altera. Generum editionis VI. & specierum editionis II. [143]–587 pp. Holmiae: Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page. : 1: 101.

Additional references

Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Robinia hispida in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Robinia hispida. Published online. Accessed: May 30 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Robinia hispida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Robinia hispida. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Robinia hispida. Accessed: 30 May 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Robinia hispida in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: Bristly locust
magyar: Rózsás akác
italiano: Acacia rosa

Robinia hispida, known as the bristly locust,[1] rose-acacia, or moss locust, is a shrub in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. It is native to the southeastern United States,[2] and it is present in other areas, including other regions of North America, as an introduced species. It is grown as an ornamental and can escape cultivation and grow in the wild.[3]

Description

This deciduous shrub grows to 3 meters tall, often with glandular, bristly (hispid) stems. The leaves are pinnate with up to 13 leaflets. The pink or purplish pealike flowers are borne in hanging racemes of up to 5. The fruit is a flat pod.[3]
Ethnobotany

The Cherokee had several uses for the plant. They used the root medicinally for toothache. They fed an infusion of the plant to cows as a tonic. The wood was useful for making fences, bows, and blowgun darts, and for building houses.[4]
Subtaxa

There are at least 5 varieties:[2][5][6]

Robinia hispida var. fertilis - Arnot bristly locust (North Carolina, Tennessee)
Robinia hispida var. hispida - Common bristly locust (Originally endemic to the Southern Appalachian Mountains but now escaped from cultivation throughout much of eastern North America)
Robinia hispida var. kelseyi - Kelsey's locust (North Carolina, sometimes considered to have arisen as a horticultural variety, sometimes considered a distinct species)
Robinia hispida var. nana - Dwarf bristly locust (Found in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain from North Carolina south to Alabama, typically in dry, sandy soils such as those in the Sandhills region; sometimes considered a distinct species as R. nana)
Robinia hispida var. rosea - Boynton's locust (North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama)

References

USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Robinia hispida". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
"Robinia hispida". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 12 January 2018.
Robinia hispida. Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. University of Washington. 2013.
Robinia hispida. Native American Ethnobotany. University of Michigan, Dearborn.
Weakley, Alan (November 2012 Working Draft). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. University of North Carolina Herbarium. pp. 516–517. )
Lance, Ron (2004). Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States: A Winter Guide. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820325248.