NameThatPlant.net: Wisteria ×formosa

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Much of the invasive Wisteria in southeastern US involves complex hybrids and backcrosses involving W. floribunda and W. sinensis. Identification of the two alien species and their hybrids is uncertain. Read more in Weakley's Flora.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

Read more about Hybrid Asian Wisteria at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wisteria ×formosa [floribunda × sinensis] FAMILY Fabaceae

COMMON NAME:
Hybrid Asian Wisteria

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wisteria ×formosa [floribunda × sinensis] FAMILY Fabaceae

3548

Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: Cultivated, escaped to urban, suburban, and rural forests and woodlands, commonly cultivated and escaped; a cross of species native to China and Japan, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native hybrid: the parent species native to China and Japan

Common

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

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 7-17 leaflets
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue-violet
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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