Wisteria sinensis
Purple Wisteria, Chinese wisteria, Chinese-glycine
Description
Climbing shrub with large vegetative growth, first herbaceous and then woody; has abundant and very branched growth.
The stem development can be directed horizontally to form pergolas and also vertically to cover walls. It can reach considerable heights. A plant of the leguminous family, it flowers abundantly with long blossoms and different colours depending on the variety such as white, yellow, blue, purple... It flowers in early spring with a good duration of about one month, decorating terraces, balconies and gardens with its fragrant inflorescences that decorate walls, gazebos and pergolas.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Wisteria
- Species
- Wisteria sinensis
Synonyms (10)
- Apios sinensis
- Glycine sinensis
- Kraunhia sinensis
- Millettia sinensis
- Rehsonia brevidentata
- Rehsonia sinensis
- Rehsonia villosa
- Wisteria brevidentata
- Wisteria praecox
- Wisteria villosa
