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Robinia

not marked as a favorite taxon Robinia hartwigii Koehne. Common name: Granite Dome Locust, Highlands Locust, Hartwig's Locust. Phenology: Jun-Jul; Aug-Sep. Habitat: Forests and outcrop edges on high elevation granitic domes, also clearings. Distribution: Apparently endemic to a small area around Highlands, NC; also in the Ouachita Mountains of AR, where seemingly native (in remote locations) (T. Witsell, pers.comm., 2023). Material from the SC sandhills is not R. hartwigii (B. Wheeler, pers.comm., 2024).

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: While certainly related to and apparently hybridizing with R. viscosa, R. hartwigii seems worthy of recognition as a species; Wheeler (2023) supported species rank. The original spelling (Koehne 1913) is "hartwigii"; it is not clear why the orthographic variants (see synonymy) arose.

Synonymy ⓘ: = RAB, S, Wheeler (2023); = Robinia viscosa Vent. var. hardwegii — Ashe (1922), orthographic variant; = Robinia viscosa Vent. var. hartwegii (Koehne) Ashe, orthographic variant; = Robinia viscosa Vent. var. hartwigii (Koehne) Ashe — K4, NS, SE3, Isely & Peabody (1984), Peabody (1984); < Robinia viscosa Vent. — FNA11.2, POWO, W. Basionym: Robinia hartwigii Koehne 1913

Links to other floras: < Robinia viscosa - FNA11.2

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image #1 of Robinia hartwigii© Brandon Wheeler | Original Image ⭷
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