Flower Notes:
Red (Hanging clusters of rose-colored flowers in May to June)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Blue-green pinnately compound leaves in the summer; no appreciable fall color)
Stem Notes:
Green (pubescent, round, zig-zag)
Soil Notes:
Adaptable, as long as there is good drainage
Range:
Southeastern United States
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves (7-9" long) alternate, odd-pinnate (9-13 leaflets). Flowers are drooping axillary racemes. All but new growth is densely hispid (stiff hairs), more strongly paired thorns at nodes. Hispid pod (2-2.5" long). Twigs have raised lenticels.
Indiana Native 
