Black Locust Flower Buds. Upper surface of a leaf. Sometimes the leaflets are angled like this.
It has an upright narrow crown widest at the top producing masses of white fragrant pea like flowers that mature into flat pods in the fall. The tree likes sun to slight shade at the location and the soil should be sandy to. Black locust robinia pseudoacacia l.
Alternate pinnately compound with 7 to 19 leaflets 8 to 14 inches long.
The 1 inch flowers hang in 5 inch long clusters which appear in mid to late spring. Another view of the thorns and a small tree trunk. Black locust fabaceae robinia pseudoacacia l. They have a diameter of between 0 60 to 1 2 meters 2 4 feet.
