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New Mexico Locust
Robinia neomexicana
  
About New Mexico Locust (Robinia neomexicana) 1 Nurseries Carry This Plant New Mexican Locust (or New Mexico, Southwest, Desert, Pink, or Rose Locust), Robinia neomexicana, is a shrub or small tree in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to the southwestern United States (southeastern California and southernmost Utah east through Arizona and New Mexico to west Texas) and adjoining northern Mexico. In California it is uncommon below 1500 meter (5000 feet) in canyons in pinyon-juniper country. Farther east, it is typically found between 1200 and 2600 meters (4000 and 8500 feet) along streams, in the bottoms of valleys, and on the sides of canyons. It grows to 5-10 meter tall (rarely to 15 meter) with bristly shoots. The leaves are 10-15 centimeter long, pinnate with 7-15 leaflets; they have a pair of sharp, reddish-brown thorns at the base. The flowers are showy and white or pink, produced in spring or early summer in dense racemes 5-10 centimeter long that hang from the branches near the ends. The fruits are brown bean-like pods with bristles like those on the shoots.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Tree

Size
Size
4 - 32.8 ft tall

Growth Rate
Growth Rate
Fast

Flower Color
Flower Color
Purple, Pink, White, Red, Brown

Flowering Season
Flowering Season
Spring

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1 confirmed , 3 likely * ) SHOW ALL

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade

Moisture
Moisture
Very Low

Nurseries
Nurseries

Ease of Care
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy

Soil Description
Soil Description
Adaptable, tolerant of sand, loam and clay

Sunset Zones
Sunset Zones?
1, 2*, 3*, 7*, 8*, 9*, 10*, 11, 14*, 15, 16, 17, 18*, 19*, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Canyons

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 9.2" - 26.9", Summer Precipitation: 1.84" - 2.30", Coldest Month: 41.7" - 43.2", Hottest Month: 66.4" - 67.9", Humidity: 3.02" - 19.73", Elevation: 5042" - 5939"


Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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