Fabaceae

Wisteria

Wisteria × formosa Rehder

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Wisteria

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Common names

By language (2)

Arabic: وستارية جذابة
English: Wisteria, Beautiful wisteria, Formosa wisteria, Hybrid Asian wisteria

Synonyms

Rehsonia formosa (Rehder) Stritch

Characteristics

Growth habit: Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Emily Summerbell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.