Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Wisteria ×formosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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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.
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Read more about Hybrid Asian Wisteria at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wisteria ×formosa [floribunda × sinensis]
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Wisteria ×formosa
COMMON NAME:
Hybrid Asian Wisteria
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Keith Bradley kab_w_sinensis_03913
April Richland County SC
Flowers of W. sinensis open simultaneously; W. floribunda gradually; hybrids (?)
Keith Bradley kab_w_sinensis_3894
April Richland County SC
... identification of the two alien species and their hybrids is uncertain, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Wisteria ×formosa
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wisteria ×formosa [floribunda × sinensis]
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Wisteria ×formosa