Common Name: bristly locust, rose acaciaScientific Name: Robinia hispida L.Family Name: Fabaceae (Leguminosae) - Pea or Bean FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and creeping roots that produce suckers Stemswoody, upright shrub or small tree, red bristly hairs when young, mature stems gray-brown with raised lenticels, zig-zagged, two rigid thorns at nodes Leavesalternate, pinnately compound with 9 to 13 leaflets, leaflets oval and entire, smooth, green above and lighter below Flowers5-petaled, pea-like, pink to rose with cream to yellow spot in center; axillary racemes, drooping, stalks bristly Fruitpods flat, very bristly