has opposite leaves with toothed leaflets and orange-red flowers that bloom from late spring through summer and into fall. long flowers open sequentially from base to tip 3) trumpet creeper ( Campsis radicans), native to central and eastern U.S. long, brown and non-hairy 2) Japanese wisteria ( Wisteria floribunda) twines counter-clockwise stems slender, brown and densely pubescent when young, becoming hairless with age leaves typically with 7-17 (19) leaflets flowers violet to violet-blue, racemes 1-3 ft. long, shorter than both Chinese and Japanese wisteria flower pedicels 0.2-0.4 in long seedpods 2-4 in. into southern Virginia twines clockwise stems brown to reddish brown and hairless leaves with 9-15 leaflets, lower surface somewhat milky green flowers in May after the leaves have expanded flower clusters 1.5-6 in. NOTE: Look-alikes: 1) American wisteria ( Wisteria frutescens), native to the southeastern U.S. They begin to appear midsummer and persist for a long time on Long, narrowed toward the base with constrictions between the 1 to 3 flat,
Fruits are green to brown velvety seedpods 4-6 in. Individual flower stalks (pedicels)Īre 0.6-0.8 in. The mid-Atlantic region, flowering occurs in April before leaf expansion.įlowers are lavender to purple, occur in pendulous racemes 6-8 (up to 12) long with 9-11 (7-13) leaflets leafletsĪre ovoid-elliptic to ovoid-lanceolate and have slightly wavy margins. The leaves areĪlternate and compound, 6-10 in. The stems are stout, gray-brown and covered with fine white It twines upwards in a clockwise direction. PCA Alien Plant Working Group - Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)ĭownload PDF version formatted for print (181 KB)Ĭhinese wisteria is a deciduous, woody twining vine that climbs up tree
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