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Wisteria frutescens

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Linnaeus) Poiret

Propagation

C.G.

Cultivated

C, ornamental with cultivars

Offspring

Wisteria × formosa 'Caroline' (W. floribunda 'Caroline', W. x 'Caroline')

Common Names

• American Wisteria

Geographical Habitats

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
• Delware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Massachussetts
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Missouri
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• New Jersey
• New York
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvannia
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• West Virginia - USA

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Apr-Aug (USA)

Fruiting Times

Deciduous woody twining vine with leaves 300mm long, 9-15 leaflets glabrous above pubescent beneath to 60mm long, terminal & axillary racemes to 300mm long with bracts, of fragrant 20mm light purple flowers, pilose calyx with tube 6mm long & teeth to 5mm long, lilac-purple or light blue corolla to 19mm long, standard with greenish spot at base to 60mm long, torulose reddish-brown pod to 120mm long

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Krussmann 1976
• Valder 1995
• Nicholls 1995
• GWC 1997
• Mobot
• Bodkin
• APDC
• FL
• USDA
• Botanicus
• NAF
• The Plant List 2