© 2009 Kay Yatskievych Robinia pseudoacacia Black Locust Indiana Species Pages © 8 July 2009 Kay Yatskievych • [email protected] © 2009 Sam Postlethwait © 2009 Sam Postlethwait © 2009 Sam Postlethwait • http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/curators/kay.shtml Family: Fabaceae [Gleason and Cronquist 1991; Judd et al. 2007] Notes: Robinia pseudoacacia is native in Indiana, but probably only in the southeastern part of the state. Petals 5, 15–25 mm long, white; calyx irregu- larly 5-toothed; stamens 10; ovary 1. Blooms May 9–June 13. Tree to 25 m. Woods, woods margins, roadsides. Spines to 2 cm, usually present at bases of leaves. Inflorescence to 20 cm; leaf to 40 cm.