The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Pin Cushion thornless honey locust

Family: Fabaceae (pea family)

Distribution: Species native to c. and e.-c. North America

Hardiness: USDA Zone 4

Life form: Deciduous tree

Plant Patent Info.: PP2,680; 11 October, 1966

Comments: This is a commercially extinct selection that can only be described as "bizarre." It has unusual dark green foliage that occurs in tight clusters spaced at intervals along the branches and is so open it produces virtually no shade. Growth is somewhat upright with irregular branching. It is a thornless and seedless selection. Fall color is yellow. A plant for the collector of the unusual.