Wisteria sinensis

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Species Distribution Map
Family:FABACEAE
Species:Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
Common Name:Chinese Wisteria
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Vine
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:WISI
Plant Notes:Chinese Wisteria is an introduced, invasive, perennial, woody vine in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It is native to China but has been widely planted around the world as an ornamental. In Alabama it can be found state wide. Chinese Wisteria occurs on roadsides, around old home sites, in urban forests, and in disturbed woodlands. It is a woody vine climbing by twining on other vegetation. Stems may reach lengths of 90 feet or more. It forms extensive colonies by root sprouts and from stems which root when they contact the soil. Young stems are short pubescent but become glabrous. Older stems have thin, pale grayish brown bark. The deciduous leaves are alternate, petiolate, and pinnately compound with 7-13 leaflets. The leaflets are ovate to lanceolate in outline, slightly pubescent to glabrous, with entire margins. Flowers are produced in drooping racemes before or with the leaves. Individual flowers are produced on short stalks. The flowers are papilionaceous and either blue, purple, or white in color. The standard petal is marked with white and yellow. The flowers are heavily scented. The fruit is a pubescent legume with usually 1-4 seed. Chinese Wisteria often kills the plants in climbs on. All parts of the plant are toxic. Chinese Wisteria is listed as a Category 1 Invasive species by the Alabama Invasive Plant Council. Once established it is difficult to eradicate.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyFABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus Wisteria
Species Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC. - Chinese Wisteria

Citation

Citation Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 390. 1825.
Basionym: Glycine sinensis Sims 1819.
Type: CHINA

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Glycine sinensis Glycine sinensis Sims, Bot. Mag. 46: t. 2083. 1819.Wisteria chinensis de Candolle 1825, nom. illegit.; Glycine sinensis Sims 1819. 
Kraunhia floribunda var. sinensis Kraunhia floribunda (Willdenow) Taubert, var. sinensis (Sims) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 25: 18. 1911.Glycine sinensis Sims 1819. 
Kraunhia sinensis Kraunhia sinensis (Sims) Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 76. 1910.Glycine sinensis Sims 1819. 
Millettia chinensis Millettia chinensis Bentham, Pl. Junghuhn. 249. 1852, nom. illegit.Wisteria chinensis de Candolle 1825, nom. illegit.; Glycine sinensis Sims 1819. 
Rehsonia sinensis Rehsonia sinensis (Sims) Stritch, Phytologia 56: 183. 1984.Glycine sinensis Sims 1819. 
Wisteria chinensis Wisteria chinensis de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 290. 1825, nom. illegit.Glycine sinensis Sims 1819. 
Wisteria chinensis var. albiflora Wisteria chinensis de Candolle, var. albiflora (Lemaire) W. Miller, in L. H. Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 1988. 1902.Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet, var. albiflora Lemaire 1858. 
Wisteria consequana Wisteria consequana Loudon, Hort. Brit. 315. 1830.  
Wisteria polystachya Wisteria polystachya K. Koch, Dendrologie 1: 62. 1869.  
Wisteria sinensis var. alba Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet, var. alba Lindley, J. Hort. Soc. London 4: 221. 1849.  
Wisteria sinensis var. albiflora Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet, var. albiflora Lemaire, Ill. Hort. 5: t. 166. 1858.  

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Hale, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, Sumter, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1953 - 1994

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000014632 Barbour 5 Apr 1969 HALL, WILLIAM G.
047		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
UWAL0007186 Sumter 19 Mar 2004 Neal, Tamara M.
37		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005820 Dale 15 Mar 1997 Rundell, Hannelore
30		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014643 Dale 21 Mar 1992 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
0001		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
JSU140813 Lee 05 Apr 1973 Harwell, W. Charles
065		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000020072 Covington 25 Mar 2006 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
16213		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
UWAL0043893 Baldwin 26 Jul 2002 Larsen, Harry S.
1102		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet
SAMF0001945 Jefferson 05 May 2001 White, Janet F.
15		 SAMF
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A. P. de Candolle
UNA00062155 Conecuh 27 Mar 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14303		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
TROY000019709 Butler 27 Mar 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18803		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
JSU140803 Calhoun 09 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014635 Choctaw 23 Apr 1994 CROUCH, VIRGINIA E.
885B		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
JSU140818 Randolph 01 Oct 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4343		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014650 Lee 31 Mar 1954 BROWN, JERRY O.
 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
AUA000014637 Clay 27 Apr 1969 GRIFFIN, J.W.
107		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
AUA000014656 Monroe 18 Mar 2006 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
16172		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
UWAL0007185 Marengo 23 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1705		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005819 Dale 01 Apr 1998 Rundell, Hannelore
523		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00018473 Tuscaloosa 24 Mar 1977 Bolton, Becky
17		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
TROY000042368 Houston 26 Mar 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26035		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
JSU140815 Macon 08 Apr 1973 Guyse, Keith D.
061		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000020071 Butler 25 Mar 2006 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
16211		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
UWAL0012949 Butler 09 Apr 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23906		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00059029 Randolph 03 Apr 1999 Carver, D.A.
44		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
TROY000005815 Conecuh 27 Mar 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14303		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
JSU140802 Calhoun 09 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014652 Lee CREEL, JOHN
 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
TROY000005817 Dale 29 Mar 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15046		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
JSU140811 Jefferson 27 Jul 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
913		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
ALNHS00009307 Madison 06 MAR 2024 Barger, T. Wayne
MSP-97		 ALNHS
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014653 Macon 10 Apr 1969 GREGORY, J.M.
058		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
JSU140812 Lee 09 Aug 1973 Russell, Robin
231		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014649 Lee 20 May 1960 NEESE, TARLDON
 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
AUA000014657 Montgomery 13 Mar 1990 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
6708		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
JSU140816 Marshall 23 Apr 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3491		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014633 Bibb 4 Jul 1971 MCKITRICK, S.R.L.
059		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
UNA00018474 Mobile 02 Aug 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D 615		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
TROY000005818 Dale 17 Mar 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
424		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000032018 Montgomery 13 Apr 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21250		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
JSU140810 Jackson 22 May 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
726		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00018475 Hale 09 Apr 1966 Williams, Norris H.
202		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
JSU140805 Chilton 01 Apr 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1616		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00054409 Blount 27 Jun 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1109		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014654 Macon 30 Apr 1970 PIPPIN, JEANNINE
149		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
UWAL0007184 Covington 25 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16213		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014659 Perry 4 Apr 1971 FULLER, C.W.
009		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
TROY000045049 Autauga 09 Mar 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
429		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0037171 Cherokee 29 Mar 2016 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14477		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
TROY000005823 Monroe 18 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16172		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000041171 Elmore 19 Sep 2011 Pullen, Robert
275		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0051327 Mobile 26 Mar 1967 Deramus, Rebecca
D1046		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet
TROY000005812 Butler 25 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16211		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00025801 Tuscaloosa 27 Mar 1994 Kortright, Maria
78		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
JSU140801 Calhoun 31 Jul 1996 Hruska, Susan E.
1377		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000032703 Bullock 24 Mar 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21807		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
JSU140817 Morgan 29 Mar 1997 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014660 Pike 6 Apr 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
4397		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
JSU140809 Etowah 28 Mar 1984 Longshore, J.S.
s.n.		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
ALNHS00004850 Elmore 14 Mar 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
YLW-62		 ALNHS
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014663 Tallapoosa 1 Apr 1976 RUTLAND, DAVID W.
1943		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
USAM000006790 Washington 06 Nov 1977 Daugherty, T.
s.n.		 USAM
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00073035 Monroe 06 Apr 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-90		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014661 Russell 2 Aug 2002 GIL, GLENDA
(2001-311)		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
JSU140819 Tallapoosa 08 Apr 1973 Ponder, William
089		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014648 Lee 6 Apr 1969 HALL, WILLIAM G.
064		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
UNA00018468 Calhoun 10 Apr 1966 Cleveland, Hunt
64		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014640 Conecuh 24 Mar 1986 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
2202		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
JSU140807 Etowah 06 Apr 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
1088		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005821 Escambia 28 Mar 1995 Brittain, Cynthia L.
34		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014642 Dale 29 Mar 2005 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
15046		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
SAMF0006923 Jefferson 2 Apr 2019 Terry, Ashlie
19		 SAMF
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A. P. de Candolle
UNA00064443 Dale 29 Mar 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15046		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
TROY000042302 Marengo 23 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1705		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
JSU140804 Calhoun 09 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014646 Lee 14 Mar 1964 ELDRIDGE, D.
 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
UWAL0002748 Bullock 24 Mar 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21807		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014638 Clay 24 Apr 1965 BROWN, JIMMY E.
 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
TROY000037705 Butler 09 Apr 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23906		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A. P. de Candolle
JSU140808 Etowah 11 May 1967 Prater, Pat
s.n.		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014658 Montgomery 4 Apr 1970 MURCHISON, GROVER R.
007		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
AUA000014639 Conecuh 1 Jun 1986 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
2540		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
AUA000024888 Lowndes 24 Mar 2006 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
16208		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
UWAL0033883 Fayette 30 Mar 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9411		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005813 Coffee 19 Sep 2006 Hendrix, Jake
90		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000030354 Covington 23 Mar 2011 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
4991		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
SAMF0001947 Tuscaloosa 04 Apr 1966 Thomas, Jerry P.
19		 SAMF
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A. P. de Candolle
UNA00018470 Calhoun 15 Mar 1953 Smith, Billy
s.n.		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
TROY000005814 Coffee 10 Mar 2000 Martin, Brian H.
473		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
JSU140814 Lee 19 Apr 1970 Blankinship, B.P.
032		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00054181 Lamar 08 Apr 2001 Haynes, Robert R.
10094		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014655 Macon 3 May 1969 HARMON, CRYSTAL
051		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
UWAL0017590 Houston 26 Mar 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26035		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014664 Tallapoosa 28 Mar 1974 CLAYBROOK, CHARLES R.
029		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
TROY000033803 Bullock 27 Aug 2011 Dykes, Bailee
70		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
JSU140800 Blount 23 Apr 1967 Sanford, S.T.
s.n.		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014636 Clarke 25 Mar 1981 O'HALLORAN, K.
017		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
AUA000014641 Crenshaw 14 Apr 1996 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
10179		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
UWAL0007183 Butler 27 Mar 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18803		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014645 Lee 2 Apr 1976 SESSLER, ANN H.
050		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
UNA00018471 Mobile 15 Jul 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D574		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
TROY000039466 Elmore 07 Jul 2011 Pullen, Robert
86		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A. P. de Candolle
TROY000005822 Lowndes 24 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16208		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
JSU140799 Bibb 23 May 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1238		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014634 Butler 17 Apr 1987 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
3132		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
JSU140798 Bibb 01 Apr 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1626		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
ALNHS00004880 Chilton 12 Apr 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2895		 ALNHS
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014651 Lee 7 Apr 1969 ROBERSON, B.J.
023		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
SAMF0001946 Shelby 13 Apr 2002 Bowles, Mollie E.
10		 SAMF
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A. P. de Candolle
UWAL0002078 Montgomery 13 Apr 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21250		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014644 Elmore 26 Jun 1971 GENO, CONNIE
030		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
SAMF0008265 Walker 18 Mar 2017 Legg, Mary
8		 SAMF
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A. P. de Candolle
UWAL0016289 Conecuh 09 Apr 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24935		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005824 Pike 11 May 1995 Reeves, Dillion
5		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0046174 Autauga 02 Mar 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1535		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005816 Covington 25 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16213		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000026963 Baldwin 1 Apr 2008 BARGER, T.WAYNE
PERD-339		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
UWAL0008089 Bullock 03 Jul 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22305		 UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000048584 Autauga 02 Mar 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1535		 TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00018469 Lee 09 Apr 1971 Carroll III, A.B.
11		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014662 Tallapoosa 4 Jul 1970 HOPSON, GEORGE R.
0039		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
JSU140806 Choctaw 01 Nov 1997 Whetstone, R. David
19169		 JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
ALNHS00000547 Dallas 15 Apr 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-107		 ALNHS
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
TROY000033136 Bullock 03 Jul 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22305		 TROY
Wisteria sinsensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
USAM000006791 Madison 23 Jun 1976 Elam, J. H.
s.n.		 USAM
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00072263 Chilton 12 Apr 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP$2189		 UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014631 Barbour 4 Apr 2002 GIL, GLENDA
(2001-116)		 AUA
WISTERIA SINENSIS (SIMS) DC.
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