EcoFlora - Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi

Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi (Woot. & Standl.) Martin & Hutchins ex Peabody
Family: Fabaceae Rusby's locust [Robinia breviloba Rydb., moreRobinia rusbyi Woot. & Standl.] Russ Kleinman	Plants of Gila Wild Resources Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences and the Dale A. Zimmerman Herbarium Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi is a large shrub or tree whose branches are armed with paired curved spines. The leaflets are ovate and sometimes mucronate (they have a small needle tip.) The flowers are pinkish and in racemes. New branch growth is reddish before turning gray. Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi is found in canyons at middle elevation.
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