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American wisteria

Wisteria frutescens

Photo by HeatherMiller
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Field Notes

Description:

Grows in the canopy - vines. In Spring great big purple flowers hand like grapes. Can kill trees by strangulation.

Species ID Suggestions

American wisteria

Wisteria frutescens

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Scott Frazier
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Comments (2)
HeatherMiller
Some are more fragrant than others. I was in a car, so I don't know if this bunch was particularly fragrant. They are in bloom all over here right now.
Scott Frazier
If these flowers were wonderfully fragrant then my suggestion is wrong and the species is another Wisteria sp.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2012

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