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Wisteria

not marked as a favorite taxon *Wisteria ×formosa Rehder. Common name: Hybrid Asian Wisteria. Phenology: Apr-Jul; Jul-Nov. Habitat: Cultivated, escaped to urban, suburban, and rural forests and woodlands, commonly cultivated and escaped; a cross of species native to China and Japan. Distribution: Trusty et al. (2007, 2008) revealed that much of the invasive Wisteria in southeastern United States involves complex hybrids and backcrosses between W. floribunda and W. sinensis.

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Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, K4, NS, POWO, Va, WH3; = n/a — C, Pa, RAB, Tat, Compton et al (2019); = Rehsonia ×formosa (Rehder) Stritch — Stritch (1984). Basionym: Wisteria ×formosa Rehder 1922

Links to other floras: = Wisteria ×formosa - FNA11.1

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