| The Common Locust has several buds under the leafstalk and one above it in the axil. |
| The number of flowers per axil should be observed on the middle third of the plant on the flower bud, before anthesis. |
| The flowers stand normally three together, in the axil of a foliole. |
| Each floret is in the axil of a chaffy bract and these are arranged spirally or distichously in spikelets. |
| Lateral view of young inflorescence with basipetal initiation of flowers in the axil of bracts. |
| In addition to a terminal flower there may be several smaller lateral flowers in the axil of cupular bracts, each surrounded by its own small cupule. |
