Robinia hispida var. rosea Pursh

Robinia speciosa Ashe, Rhodora 25: 181. 1923
A shrub, 1-2 m. high; branches densely puberulent and sparingly bristly; stipules subulate; spines wanting; leaves 1.5-2 dm. long, the raehis puberulent; leaflets 9-13, ovate or ellipticovate, acute or sometimes obtuse, 3-5 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide, sparingly pubescent or glabrate above, villous beneath; peduncles puberulent and slightly glandular-hispid, 5-8flowered; calyx villous-puberulent, the tube 6 mm. long, the lobes ovate, acuminate, 4-5 mm. long; corolla 2-2.5 cm. long, bright rose or pink; pod unknown.
Type locality: Grandmother Mountains, North Carolina. Distribution: Mountains of North Carolina.

Robinia pallida Ashe, Rhodora 25: 182. 1923
A shrub. 3-20 dm. high; branches rather densely puberulent, glabrate in age, sparingly bristly; leaves 1-2 dm. long, the raehis slightly puberulent, soon glabrate, with scattered bristles; leaflets 9-15, ovate or elliptic-ovate, acute or sometimes obtuse, glabrous above, pale, glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath, 4-5.5 cm. long; peduncles 5-6 cm. long, 5-9flowered; calyx grayish-pubescent and sparingly bristly, the tube 5 mm. long, the lobes 4-5 mm. long, abruptly acuminate; corolla 21-23 mm. long, pale rose-colored; pod unknown.
Type locality: Blue Ridge, Caldwell County, North Carolina. Distribution: Mountains of North Carolina.