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Woody vine
Perennial

Non-native: a cross of species native to China and Japan

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Commonly cultivated and escaped (much of the invasive Wisteria in se. US involves complex hybrids of W. floribunda & W. sinensis)

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

To see a detailed map, click here

Invasive?

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

• Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013

 

 

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

FLOWER:
Spring
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!

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Wisteria ××formosa   FAMILY Fabaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wisteria ×formosa [floribunda × sinensis]   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2003)
Wisteria ×formosa