Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Wisteria frutescens var. frutescens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may enjoy reading Native Wisteria by Jan Haldeman.
or want to check out Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Kentucky Wisteria (W. macrostachya) is a taxon sometimes considered as a valid species, but it is often included within W. frutescens. Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wisteria frutescens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Wisteria frutescens
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Wisteria frutescens
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
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 frutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kraunhia frutescens
COMMON NAME:
American Wisteria, Swamp Wisteria, Atlantic Wisteria
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_krfr_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_wifr_003_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_w_frutescens_4921
April Richland County SC
Granby Park
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Keith Bradley kab_w_frutescens_4925
April Richland County SC
Granby Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_w_frutescens_american
April
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Jan Haldeman jhh1674_42
April-May?
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Jan Haldeman jhh_wisteriaclose_3
May Abbeville County SC
Erskine College
Blossoms are more dense, not as long and loose as the exotic Wisteria, per Pause for Plants (Haldeman).
COMPARE
flowers of Wisteria species
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Jan Haldeman jhh_wisteriafrut_08
May Abbeville County SC
Erskine College
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JK Marlow jkm0505t_25
May Williamsburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160513_026
May Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Flowers borne in a compact raceme, 3-6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm160513_028
May Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160516_698
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm160717_332
July Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160717_333
July Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow s040720_d
July Abbeville County SC
The 9-15 leaflets are oval, about 2" long, and taper to a point, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
leaves of Peppervine, Trumpet-creeper and Wisteria
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Wisteria frutescens var. frutescens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Wisteria frutescens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Wisteria frutescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Wisteria frutescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
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 frutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kraunhia frutescens
1674
Woody vine
Perennial
Habitat: swamp forests, wet thickets, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p055
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p302
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p105
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p231
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p451
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p156
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p145
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p080
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p097
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p128
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p210
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p145
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p182
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p08
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p381
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p262
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