Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis
Object Details
- Description
- This honey locust variety still has the lovely foliage of the species, but lacks thorns.
- Hardiness
- -30 - 40 F
- Bloom Time
- May
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2011-2631A
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Life Form
- Deciduous tree
- Average Height
- 30-70'
- Bark Characteristics
- Dark gray and breaks into long flat plates which curl along the edges.
- Bloom Characteristics
- Small yellow-green flowers in spikes.
- Fall Color
- Yellow
- Foliage Characteristics
- Pinnately compound, alternate leaves with 20 to 30 oval leaflets. Leaflets are .5-1.5" long. Leaves are 6-8" long.
- Fruit Characteristics
- Flat, red-brown pod which curl slightly and contain several seeds and a sweet, gummy substance. Up to 18" long. Mature in late summer and persist into winter.
- Structure
- Rounded spreading
- Range
- Central to E US
- Habitat
- Organically rich, moist, well-drained soil; full sun
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection
- Common Name
- Thornless Honey Locust
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Rosanae
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Gleditsia
- Species
- triacanthos
- Topic
- Trees
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2011-2631A
