Fabaceae
New Mexico locust
Robinia neomexicana
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Robinia
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Common names
By language (8)
- arz
- روبينيا نيومكسيكانا
- Azerbaijani
- Yeni Meksika robiniyası
- Chinese
- 新墨西哥刺槐, 繁花刺槐
- English
- New Mexico locust, Rose locust
- German
- Neumexiko-Robinie
- Hindi
- रोबिनिया नियोमेक्सिकाना
- Lithuanian
- Puošnioji robinija
- Russian
- Робиния новомексиканская
Synonyms
- Robinia breviloba Rydb.
- Robinia luxurians (Dieck) Silva Tar. & C.K.Schneid.
- Robinia neomexicana var. albiflora Kusche
- Robinia neomexicana var. luxurians Dieck
- Robinia neomexicana var. rusbyi (Wooton & Standl.) W.C.Martin & C.R.Hutchins ex Peabody
- Robinia neomexicana var. subvelutina (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles
- Robinia rusbyi Wooton & Standl.
- Robinia subvelutina Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.