Fabaceae
Hybrid locust
Robinia × ambigua
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Robinia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hybrid locust
Synonyms
- Robinia ambigua f. bellarosea (Voss) Geerinck
- Robinia ambigua var. bella-rosea (Voss) Rehder
- Robinia bellarosea (Voss) G.Nicholson & Mottet
- Robinia dubia var. bella-rosea (Voss) Rehder
- Robinia hybrida Audib. ex DC.
- Robinia rosea Jacob-Makoy
- Robinia viscosa f. bella-rosea Voss
- Robinia viscosa unranked rosea Jacob-Makoy
Flowers
- In flower
- May (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

LeavesPhoto: Wairambar Rainforest, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Hybrid locust: 香花槐 Robinia x ambigua [巴黎植物園 Jardin des Plantes, Paris]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/%E9%A6%99%E8%8A%B1%E6%A7%90_Robinia_x_ambigua_-%E5%B7%B4%E9%BB%8E%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Jardin_des_Plantes%2C_Paris-_%289190647415%29.jpg/1280px-%E9%A6%99%E8%8A%B1%E6%A7%90_Robinia_x_ambigua_-%E5%B7%B4%E9%BB%8E%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Jardin_des_Plantes%2C_Paris-_%289190647415%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Beko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Beko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.