American Wisteria
Scientific Name:Wisteria frutescens

Tentative Identification.


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American Wisteria
Genus species: Wisteria frutescens
Common Name: American Wisteria
Family Name: Fabaceae  
Herbaceous or woody plants; leaves alternate or basal, simple or compound, stipulate, the petiole and petiolule base typically swollen; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, in various clusters; fruit a legume.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Introduced Native
Category:Vine
Flower Color:Violet/Blue
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:M. Becus
Months in Bloom:  
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