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Woody vine
Perennial

Non-native: Japan
Commonly cultivated and escaped
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in urban, suburban, and rural forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden
NC Botanical Garden
NC Department of Transportation
SC Exotic Pest Plant Council
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council
Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council
US Fish & Wildlife Service
US Forest Service Southern Research Station

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Compound: Odd-pinnate
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 Exotic Plants of North Carolina p092
• Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests p44
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p081
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p145
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p182
• Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p08

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Wisteria floribunda   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wisteria floribunda   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-31-003:
Wisteria floribunda   FAMILY Fabaceae