Robinia haired or pink acacia [2] ( Latin: Robínia híspida ) is a species of shrubs of the genus Robinia ( Robinia ) of the legume family ( Fabaceae ).
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Dissemination and ecology
In nature , the range of the species covers North America - from Virginia and Kentucky to Georgia and Alabama .
It grows in the mountains.
Botanical description
Shrub up to 1 m high (in a culture up to 3 m), growing with plentiful root offspring; all parts of the plant, except for the petals, are covered with long, straight, reddish bristles. Shoots without thorns, after falling off the bristles olive-brown, biennial branches reddish-brown, brittle.
Leaves 17-23 cm long, with 7-13 leaves; leaflets are rounded elliptic, 2-5 cm long, 1.3-3.8 cm wide, rounded at the apex and sometimes with a tip, dark green above, bluish below, bare or almost naked.
The flowers are pink or purplish-pink, up to 2.5 cm long, odorless, collected in 3-9 flower loose hands . Calyx up to 1 cm long, 0.7 cm wide, with long pointed, triangular teeth, approximately equal to the length of the tube.
Beans 5-8 cm long, glandular-bristly, rarely formed.
It blooms in May - June.
Meaning and application
Introduced into culture in 1758.
Rarely used in a single landing or in small groups; interesting for its large flowers.
Classification
Representatives
Within the species, a number of varieties are distinguished: [3]
- Robinia hispida var. fertilis ( Ashe ) Clausen
- [ syn. Robinia fertilis Ashe ]
- Robinia hispida var. hispida
- Robinia hispida var. kelseyi ( Cowell ex Hutch. ) Isely
- [ syn. Robinia kelseyi JFCowell ex Hutch. - Robinius of Kelsei]
- Robinia hispida var. nana ( Ell. ) DC.
- Robinia hispida var. rosea pursh
Taxonomy
The species Robinia is a bristle-haired species included in the tribe Robinieae of the genus Robinia of the subfamily Moth ( Faboideae ) of the family Legume ( Fabaceae ) of the order Legume - colored ( Fabales ).
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| another 44 orders of flowering plants (according to the APG II System ) | 2 more subfamilies (according to the APG II System ) | about 20 more species | ||||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ About the conditionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a higher taxon for the group of plants described in this article, see the section “APG Systems” of the article “Dicotyledons” .
- ↑ Pink Acacia // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ According to the ITIS website (see plant card).
Literature
- Trees and shrubs of the USSR. Wild, cultivated and promising for introduction. / Ed. Toma S. Ya. Sokolov . - M. - L .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , 1958. - T. IV. Angiosperms. Family Bean - Pomegranate. - S. 153-154. - 976 s. - 2500 copies