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



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


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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).


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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

image of Wisteria frutescens var. frutescens, American Wisteria, Swamp Wisteria, Atlantic Wisteria

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).


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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

 

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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)

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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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