Wisteria sinensis

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
JSU140804 Calhoun 09 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
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.
JSU140814 Lee 19 Apr 1970 Blankinship, B.P.
032
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014648 Lee 6 Apr 1969 Hall, William G.
064
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
TROY000042302 Marengo 23 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1705
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014646 Lee 14 Mar 1964 Eldridge, D.
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
TROY000019709 Butler 27 Mar 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18803
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.
AUA000014633 Bibb 4 Jul 1971 Mckitrick, S.R.L.
059
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
AUA000014655 Macon 3 May 1969 Harmon, Crystal
051
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
AUA000014631 Barbour 4 Apr 2002 Gil, Glenda
(2001-116)
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
SAMF0008265 Walker 18 Mar 2017 Legg, Mary
8
SAMF
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A. P. de Candolle
SAMF0006923 Jefferson 2 Apr 2019 Terry, Ashlie
19
SAMF
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A. P. de Candolle
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
AUA000014647 Lee 10 May 1961 Tsai, Chwen-Chu
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
JSU140798 Bibb 01 Apr 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1626
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0016289 Conecuh 09 Apr 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24935
UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000039466 Elmore 07 Jul 2011 Pullen, Robert
86
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A. P. de Candolle
UWAL0017590 Houston 26 Mar 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26035
UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005820 Dale 15 Mar 1997 Rundell, Hannelore
30
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000024888 Lowndes 24 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16208
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
UWAL0043893 Baldwin 26 Jul 2002 Larsen, Harry S.
1102
UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet
JSU140799 Bibb 23 May 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1238
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005813 Coffee 19 Sep 2006 Hendrix, Jake
90
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014645 Lee 2 Apr 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
050
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
AUA000014637 Clay 27 Apr 1969 Griffin, J.W.
107
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
JSU140811 Jefferson 27 Jul 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
913
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0008089 Bullock 03 Jul 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22305
UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
USAM000006790 Washington 06 Nov 1977 Daugherty, T.
s.n.
USAM
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0033883 Fayette 30 Mar 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9411
UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
JSU140809 Etowah 28 Mar 1984 Longshore, J.S.
s.n.
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0007185 Marengo 23 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1705
UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000041171 Elmore 19 Sep 2011 Pullen, Robert
275
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
UWAL0007184 Covington 25 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16213
UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00018468 Calhoun 10 Apr 1966 Cleveland, Hunt
64
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000020071 Butler 25 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16211
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
TROY000045049 Autauga 09 Mar 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
429
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014639 Conecuh 1 Jun 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2540
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
TROY000005814 Coffee 10 Mar 2000 Martin, Brian H.
473
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
UWAL0051327 Mobile 26 Mar 1967 Deramus, Rebecca
D1046
UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet
JSU140816 Marshall 23 Apr 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3491
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000032018 Montgomery 13 Apr 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21250
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
ALNHS00004880 Chilton 12 Apr 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2895
ALNHS
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014632 Barbour 5 Apr 1969 Hall, William G.
047
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
TROY000032703 Bullock 24 Mar 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21807
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014638 Clay 24 Apr 1965 Brown, Jimmy E.
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
TROY000005815 Conecuh 27 Mar 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14303
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
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.
UNA00064443 Dale 29 Mar 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15046
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014644 Elmore 26 Jun 1971 Geno, Connie
030
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
AUA000014660 Pike 6 Apr 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4397
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
AUA000014661 Russell 2 Aug 2002 Gil, Glenda
(2001-311)
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
UNA00054181 Lamar 08 Apr 2001 Haynes, Robert R.
10094
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
SAMF0001945 Jefferson 05 May 2001 White, Janet F.
15
SAMF
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A. P. de Candolle
AUA000014654 Macon 30 Apr 1970 Pippin, Jeannine
149
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
AUA000014643 Dale 21 Mar 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
0001
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
ALNHS00000547 Dallas 15 Apr 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-107
ALNHS
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
JSU140805 Chilton 01 Apr 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1616
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0012949 Butler 09 Apr 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23906
UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005818 Dale 17 Mar 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
424
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0002748 Bullock 24 Mar 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21807
UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005819 Dale 01 Apr 1998 Rundell, Hannelore
523
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014640 Conecuh 24 Mar 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2202
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
UWAL0002078 Montgomery 13 Apr 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21250
UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
JSU140810 Jackson 22 May 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
726
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005817 Dale 29 Mar 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15046
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014662 Tallapoosa 4 Jul 1970 Hopson, George R.
0039
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
AUA000014653 Macon 10 Apr 1969 Gregory, J.M.
058
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
SAMF0001947 Tuscaloosa 04 Apr 1966 Thomas, Jerry P.
19
SAMF
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A. P. de Candolle
AUA000014663 Tallapoosa 1 Apr 1976 Rutland, David W.
1943
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
JSU140802 Calhoun 09 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00018470 Calhoun 15 Mar 1953 Smith, Billy
s.n.
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014635 Choctaw 23 Apr 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
885B
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
TROY000005822 Lowndes 24 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16208
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00059029 Randolph 03 Apr 1999 Carver, D.A.
44
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014650 Lee 31 Mar 1954 Brown, Jerry O.
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
TROY000005821 Escambia 28 Mar 1995 Brittain, Cynthia L.
34
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.
UNA00062155 Conecuh 27 Mar 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14303
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014659 Perry 4 Apr 1971 Fuller, C.W.
009
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
UNA00018475 Hale 09 Apr 1966 Williams, Norris H.
202
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
JSU140801 Calhoun 31 Jul 1996 Hruska, Susan E.
1377
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014656 Monroe 18 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16172
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
UNA00018474 Mobile 02 Aug 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D 615
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014642 Dale 29 Mar 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15046
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
TROY000042368 Houston 26 Mar 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26035
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
USAM000006791 Madison 23 Jun 1976 Elam, J. H.
s.n.
USAM
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000033803 Bullock 27 Aug 2011 Dykes, Bailee
70
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000014664 Tallapoosa 28 Mar 1974 Claybrook, Charles R.
029
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
UWAL0007186 Sumter 19 Mar 2004 Neal, Tamara M.
37
UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005824 Pike 11 May 1995 Reeves, Dillion
5
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
JSU140813 Lee 05 Apr 1973 Harwell, W. Charles
065
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0007183 Butler 27 Mar 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18803
UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000020072 Covington 25 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16213
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
UNA00073035 Monroe 06 Apr 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-90
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014657 Montgomery 13 Mar 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6708
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
UNA00054409 Blount 27 Jun 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1109
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
TROY000033136 Bullock 03 Jul 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22305
TROY
Wisteria sinsensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
JSU140818 Randolph 01 Oct 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4343
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
TROY000005823 Monroe 18 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16172
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
TROY000005812 Butler 25 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16211
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
JSU140806 Choctaw 01 Nov 1997 Whetstone, R. David
19169
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UNA00018473 Tuscaloosa 24 Mar 1977 Bolton, Becky
17
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014652 Lee Creel, John
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
TROY000037705 Butler 09 Apr 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23906
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A. P. de Candolle
UNA00018469 Lee 09 Apr 1971 Carroll III, A.B.
11
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
JSU140807 Etowah 06 Apr 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
1088
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0037171 Cherokee 29 Mar 2016 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14477
UWAL
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
JSU140819 Tallapoosa 08 Apr 1973 Ponder, William
089
JSU
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000030354 Covington 23 Mar 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
4991
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
UNA00072263 Chilton 12 Apr 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP$2189
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014641 Crenshaw 14 Apr 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10179
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
UNA00025801 Tuscaloosa 27 Mar 1994 Kortright, Maria
78
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
UNA00018471 Mobile 15 Jul 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D574
UNA
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
AUA000014634 Butler 17 Apr 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3132
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
TROY000048584 Autauga 02 Mar 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1535
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
AUA000026963 Baldwin 1 Apr 2008 Barger, T. Wayne
PERD-339
AUA
Wisteria Sinensis (Sims) Dc.
TROY000005816 Covington 25 Mar 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16213
TROY
Wisteria sinensis (Sims) A.P. de Candolle
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