Index / Search / Wisteria frutescens
§1 Plant
Wisteria frutescens (L.) Poir.
vernacular American wisteria — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Wisteria
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 391 counties across 22 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -3 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–7
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 50 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- Medium
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 391 counties across 22 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Cleburne 01029
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- Escambia 01053
- Fayette 01057
- Geneva 01061
- Henry 01067
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lauderdale 01077
- Macon 01087
- Mobile 01097
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Pickens 01107
- Russell 01113
- St. Clair 01115
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Lincoln 05079
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Phillips 05107
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Florida view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Calhoun 12013
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Berrien 13019
- Brooks 13027
- Bryan 13029
- Burke 13033
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Crisp 13081
- Decatur 13087
- Dodge 13091
- Effingham 13103
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jeff Davis 13161
- Jefferson 13163
- Johnson 13167
- Laurens 13175
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Tattnall 13267
- Treutlen 13283
- Washington 13303
- White 13311
- Worth 13321
Illinois view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Hancock 21091
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Owen 21187
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Shelby 21211
- Simpson 21213
- Taylor 21217
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lee 45061
- Marion 45067
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Claiborne 47025
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Gibson 47053
- Hamblen 47063
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Polk 47139
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Tipton 47167
- Washington 47179
- Weakley 47183
- Wilson 47189
Virginia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/WIFR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2977310 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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