1. Plantae
  2. Tracheophyta
  3. Magnoliopsida
  4. Fabales
  5. Fabaceae
  6. Robinia

Robinia ×ambigua Poir.

Pink Wisteria Tree

Spiny shrub. New growth sticky. Flowers whitish to pink.

This is a hybrid, R. pseudoacacia × R. viscosa, originating in France, c.1812.

VIC: S Yarra (Domain, opposite Royal Bot. Gds Nsy and by toilet block next to shrine).

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Fabaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Robinia ×ambigua 'Bella Rosea'

Branchlets sticky and spiny. Flowers deep pink. Possibly originating in Holland, c. 1860.

Robinia ×ambigua 'Decaisneana'

Tree with branchlets slightly sticky. Spiny stipules much reduced. Flowers pink. [r. pseudoacacia var. decaisneana CarriÃĬre]

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Fabales
family       Fabaceae
genus        Robinia L.