OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Wisteria sinensis   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wisteria sinensis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-31-002:

Wisteria sinensis   FAMILY Fabaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Chinese Wisteria


 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Wisteria sinensis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wisteria sinensis   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-31-002:
Wisteria sinensis   FAMILY Fabaceae

 

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1675

Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: Commonly cultivated, escaped to a wide diversity of urban, suburban, and rural forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China

Common (uncommon to rare in Mountains)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: (7)9-11(13) leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue-violet (rarely white)
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped campanulate calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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