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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Wisteria floribunda
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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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.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Japanese Wisteria from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wisteria floribunda
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11 (2023)
Wisteria floribunda
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Wisteria floribunda
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Rehsonia floribunda
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Wisteria floribunda
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-31-003:
Wisteria floribunda FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kraunhia floribunda
COMMON NAME:
Japanese Wisteria
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Wisteria floribunda
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wisteria floribunda
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 11
Wisteria floribunda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Wisteria floribunda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Rehsonia floribunda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Wisteria floribunda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-31-003:
Wisteria floribunda
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kraunhia floribunda
1673
Woody vine
Perennial
Habitat: Commonly cultivated, escaped to urban, suburban, and rural forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Japan
Uncommon in GA & SC, rare in NC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006
- Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013
- NC Botanical Garden
- NC Department of Transportation
- SC Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2014
- Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009
- US Fish & Wildlife Service
- US Forest Service Southern Research Station
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, 2014
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: (11)13-17(19) 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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007) p221
- A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010) p072
- Invasive Exotic Plants of North Carolina (Smith, 2008) p092
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p081
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p145
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p182
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p08
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p381
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