Status: Native
Synonyms:
Robinia rusbyi Wooton & Standley
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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Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Knight Mtn., May 9, 2007
Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi, glabrous fruit, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak, July 15, 2008
Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi, raceme of flowers, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road, May 30, 2009
Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi, closeup of flowers, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road, May 30, 2009
Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi, lateral view of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road, May 30, 2009
Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi, pollinator, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road, May 30, 2009
Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi, winter twig, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, near McMillen campground on Hwy 15, December 28, 2009
Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi, leaf scar on winter twig, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, near McMillen campground on Hwy 15, December 28, 2009
Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi, leaf scar on winter twig, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, near McMillen campground on Hwy 15, December 28, 2009
Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi, legume, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road, October 2, 2010
Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi, legumes, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road, October 2, 2010
Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi, closeup of legume surface, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road, October 2, 2010
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