Fabaceae
Japanese wisteria
Wisteria floribunda
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Wisteria
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- وستارية كثيرة الأزهار
- arz
- وستاريه كثيرة الازهار
- Basque
- Glizina
- Chinese
- 多花紫藤, 日本紫藤
- Czech
- Vistárie květnatá
- English
- Japanese wisteria, Fuji
- Finnish
- Japaninsinisade, Ryöppysinisade
- German
- Japanische Wisteria, Japanischer Blauregen
- Hungarian
- Fehér visztéria
- Japanese
- フジ, ノダフジ（野田藤）, フジ（藤）, ノダフジ, 藤, 藤棚
- Korean
- 등, 등나무, 참등
- Polish
- Glicynia japońska, Słodlin japoński
- Russian
- Глициния обильноцветущая
- Slovak
- Vistéria japonská
- Slovenian
- Japonska glicinija, Bogatocvetna glicinija
- Spanish
- Glicina
- Thai
- วีสเตียเรียญี่ปุ่น
- Ukrainian
- Ґліцинія японська, Гліцинія японська
Synonyms
- Cynometra hostmanii Tul.
- Dolichos japonicus Spreng.
- Dolichos polystachyos Thunb.
- Glycine floribunda Willd.
- Glycine japonica hort. ex Reider
- Glycine macrobotrys (Siebold ex Lemoine) Jacob-Makoy
- Glycine multijuga (Van Houtte) Clémenc.
- Glycine multijuga var. alba de Vos
- Kraunhia floribunda (Willd.) Taub.
- Kraunhia floribunda f. albiflora Makino
- Kraunhia floribunda f. pleniflora (Makino) Makino
- Kraunhia floribunda var. alba (de Vos) Nash
- Kraunhia floribunda var. macrobotrys (Siebold ex Lemoine) Nash
- Kraunhia floribunda var. violacea-plena (C.K.Schneid.) Nash
- Kraunhia sinensis var. albiflora Makino
- Kraunhia sinensis var. floribunda (Willd.) Makino
- Kraunhia sinensis var. pleniflora Makino
- Millettia floribunda (Willd.) Matsum.
- Millettia japonica f. microphylla (Makino) T.Yamanaka & H.Ohashi
- Millettia japonica var. microphylla Makino
- Phaseoloides floribunda (Willd.) Kuntze
- Rehsonia floribunda (Willd.) Stritch
- Rehsonia nipponica Stritch
- Wisteria alba (de Vos) Carrière
- Wisteria floribunda f. alba (de Vos) Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Wisteria floribunda f. macrobotrys (Siebold) Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Wisteria floribunda f. multijuga (Van Houtte) J.Compton & Thijsse
- Wisteria floribunda f. pleniflora (Makino) J.Compton & C.Lane
- Wisteria floribunda f. rosea (Sprenger) Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Wisteria floribunda f. variegata (G.Nicholson) Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Wisteria floribunda f. violacea-plena (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Wisteria floribunda var. alba (de Vos) L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey
- Wisteria floribunda var. alborosea Makino
- Wisteria floribunda var. longissima L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey
- Wisteria floribunda var. macrobotrys (Siebold ex Lemoine) L.H.Bailey
- Wisteria floribunda var. violacea-plena (C.K.Schneid.) L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey
- Wisteria grandiflora G.Nicholson
- Wisteria japonica f. microphylla (Makino) H.Ohashi
- Wisteria koreana Uyeki
- Wisteria macrobotrys Siebold ex Lemoine
and 13 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 123 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (Wikidata)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: ITÔ, Hiroki, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Timur Kalininsky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mandimarom, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Dani Datura, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: TheStigia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: danielmzhz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.