Wisteria sinensis

ClassificationDicots
FamilyFabaceae
Family (Traditional)Fabaceae
GenusWisteria
Species:Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
Common NameChinese Wisteria
Growth Habitvine - liana
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Invasive Rank: TN-IPC Established Threat; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: vine - liana; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: Asia; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 9; Leaflet Number: 11; Leaflet Number: 13; Leaflet Number: 15; Base Flower Color: Purple; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Legume; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Inflorescence Types: raceme; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 10
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; Invasive; TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Rehsonia sinensis Rehsonia sinensis (Sims) Stritch

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.

Counties included on distribution map: Ballard (KY), Garrard (KY), Laurel (KY), McCracken (KY), Madison (KY), Nicholas (KY), Owen (KY), Cannon (TN), Cheatham (TN), Coffee (TN), Davidson (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Gibson (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Henry (TN), Jackson (TN), Marion (TN), Montgomery (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Shelby (TN), Sumner (TN), Weakley (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, MTSU, SWMT, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1968 - 2013

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0127100 McCracken Kentucky
TENN
Wisteria sinensis
TENN-V-0127045 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Wisteria sinensis
APSC0100178 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007413 Davidson Tennessee 22 Apr 1994 Melissa A. Vandagriff
73
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007416 Cannon Tennessee 26 Apr 1980 J. Morgan Cummings
47
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007391 Rutherford Tennessee 02 Apr 2007 Melissa Shelby
28
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007403 Davidson Tennessee 09 Apr 1995 Melanie Hall
26
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007421 Franklin Tennessee 04 Apr 2009 Ashley Rose
24
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007417 Fentress Tennessee 15 Apr 1995 Kenya Beverly
34
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
UTM02780 Gibson Tennessee
UTM
Wisteria sinensis
UTM02781 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Wisteria sinensis
31234100439213 Garrard Kentucky 15 Apr 2010 W. W. Overbeck
299
EKY
Wisteria sinensis
UCHT016986 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Wisteria sinensis
UCHT016989 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Wisteria sinensis
BEREA024420 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Wisteria sinensis
APSC0013935 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Wisteria sinensis
HTTU028550 White Tennessee
HTTU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007419 Rutherford Tennessee 11 Apr 2001 W. Ewing Sellers
31
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
31234100439221 Madison Kentucky 17 Apr 2005 Kelly L. Byrd
1
EKY
Wisteria sinensis
BEREA023505 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Wisteria sinensis
TENN-V-0127047 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Wisteria sinensis
UCHT016985 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Wisteria sinensis
APSC0013934 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Wisteria sinensis
APSC0084698 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007393 Williamson Tennessee 15 Apr 2005 Hailey Seely
15
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007420 Rutherford Tennessee 06 Apr 2009 Dr. Blum
17
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007398 Sumner Tennessee 18 Apr 2004 Candice Cude
25
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007392 Rutherford Tennessee 11 Apr 2003 Martha Bratcher
21
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007414 Davidson Tennessee 02 Apr 1991 Susan Claiborne
6
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
N/A Garrard Kentucky 15 Apr 2010 W. W. Overbeck
299
EKY
Wisteria sinensis
BEREA014497 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Wisteria sinensis
TENN-V-0127046 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Wisteria sinensis
TENN-V-0127043 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Wisteria sinensis
UCHT016983 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Wisteria sinensis
UCHT016980 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007389 Rutherford Tennessee 14 Apr 2008 Jeron Bradford
7
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007400 Coffee Tennessee 13 Apr 1997 Denise Davenport
26
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
31234100439239 Nicholas Kentucky 14 Jul 1999 Ross C. Clark
25179
EKY
Wisteria sinensis
APSC0053004 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Wisteria sinensis
APSC0099899 Shelby Tennessee
APSC
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007422 Rutherford Tennessee 15 Apr 2009 Jesse Traub
46
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007404 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Apr 1995 Matthew Brown
16
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007415 Wilson Tennessee 29 Apr 1994 Jean Fite
7
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
UOS03005 Franklin Tennessee 12 May 1968 C. Quadland
UOS
Wisteria sinensis
TENN-V-0127044 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Wisteria sinensis
UCHT016988 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007402 Coffee Tennessee 12 Mar 1997 Jeff Bennett
43
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007155 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Apr 1999 Mindy Jeter
37
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007396 Williamson Tennessee 16 Apr 2005 Paige Barnett
11
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007418 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Apr 2013 Adrian Baugh
14
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007405 Fentress Tennessee 15 Apr 1995 Carolyn Pinckley
48
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
UOS03004 Franklin Tennessee 17 Apr 1969 W.T. Woods
UOS
Wisteria sinensis
31234100439254 Hardin Tennessee 30 Apr 1980 Ronald L. Jones
2361
EKY
Wisteria sinensis
UCHT016976 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Wisteria sinensis
UCHT016978 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Wisteria sinensis
APSC0013932 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Wisteria sinensis
APSC0013933 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Wisteria sinensis
HTTU012535 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007394 Roane Tennessee 17 Apr 2005 Adrienne DeWerff
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007397 Rutherford Tennessee 21 Apr 2003 Christopher G. Meyer
58
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
UCHT040453 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Wisteria sinensis
TENN-V-0127048 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Wisteria sinensis
UCHT016977 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Wisteria sinensis
UCHT016987 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Wisteria sinensis
UCHT016979 Sequatchie Tennessee
UCHT
Wisteria sinensis
UCHT016990 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Wisteria sinensis
HTTU020947 Sumner Tennessee
HTTU
Wisteria sinensis
HTTU012534 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Wisteria sinensis
MTSU007399 Rutherford Tennessee 17 Apr 2003 Teresa Rich
37
MTSU
Wisteria sinensis
UTM00767 Henry Tennessee
UTM
Wisteria sinensis
UTM00768 Kentucky
UTM
Wisteria sinensis
UTM00769 Kentucky
UTM
Wisteria sinensis
SWMT01546 Tennessee 14 Apr 1975 James H. Graves
SWMT
Wisteria sinensis
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Wisteria sinensis - Milo Pyne
Wisteria sinensis - Milo Pyne
Wisteria sinensis - Milo Pyne
Wisteria sinensis - Milo Pyne
Wisteria sinensis - Joey Shaw
Wisteria sinensis - Joey Shaw
Wisteria sinensis - Joey Shaw
Wisteria sinensis - Joey Shaw
Wisteria sinensis - Joey Shaw
Wisteria sinensis - Joey Shaw