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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Wisteria frutescens var. macrostachya   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wisteria frutescens   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Wisteria frutescens

INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Wisteria frutescens

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Wisteria frutescens

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-31-001?:

Wisteria frutescens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Wisteria macrostachya

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Kraunhia macrostachya

 

COMMON NAME:
Mississippi Wisteria, American Wisteria, Swamp Wisteria, Kentucky Wisteria


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image of Wisteria frutescens var. macrostachya, Mississippi Wisteria, American Wisteria, Swamp Wisteria, Kentucky Wisteria

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_krma_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Wisteria frutescens var. macrostachya   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wisteria frutescens   FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Wisteria frutescens

INCLUDED WITHIN Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Wisteria frutescens

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Wisteria frutescens

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-31-001?:
Wisteria frutescens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Wisteria macrostachya

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kraunhia macrostachya

 

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4906

Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: swamp forests, wet thickets, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 9-13(15) 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

 

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