| Chinese Wisteria is a common high-climbing woody vine with showy, grape-scented flowers, which persists and spreads from cultivation, often taking over acres of forest. Chinese Wisteria blooms in mid-April, a little earlier than the native American Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens), which grows in bottomland forests in the Coastal Plain. Chapel Hill, NC 4/10/10.
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| Chapel Hill, NC 4/10/10.
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| Chapel Hill, NC 4/10/10.
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| Orange Co., NC 4/12/08.
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| Granville Co., NC 4/26/09.
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| The fruits are elongate velvety-pubescent pods. Durham, NC 9/11/08.
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| The two Asian species of Wisteria are distinguished from the native one by their velvety pods (vs. smooth) and the longer pedicels (1.5-2 cm vs. 0.5-1 cm). Durham, NC 9/11/08.
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| Durham, NC 9/11/08.
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| Chinese Wisteria is distinguished from Japanese Wisteria (W. floribunda) by its fewer leaflets (7-13 vs. 13-19), larger flowers, and shorter racemes. Chatham Co., NC 4/19/03.
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| Chatham Co., NC 4/19/03.
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More information:
Floridata
Invasive and Exotic Species of North America
University of Florida, Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
Recommended Tree, Shrub, and Woody Vine Identification Guides
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