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Wisteria sinensis, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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#1520 most planted

Wisteria sinensis

Chinese wisteria · also Chinese-glycine, Blauregen, Glicina

Deciduous
35
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
6
cities
1.0 in
median trunk (3 cm, 29 measured)
35 yr
median age (46% have a planting date)

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Wisteria sinensis, commonly known as Chinese wisteria, is a deciduous vine native to China. It grows 20–30 m (66–98 ft) tall and is cultivated for its twisting stems and scented flowers that appear in hanging racemes in spring.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. London · United Kingdom
    18—0.8 in
  2. Los Angeles · United States
    1135 yr1.5 in
  3. Boston · United States
    3——
  4. Amsterdam · Netherlands
    1——
  5. Paris · France
    1—2.5 in
  6. Berlin · Germany
    1—20 in

Traits

Foliage
Deciduous
Mature height
65.6–98.4 ft
Blooms
Mar, Apr, May

Trunk diameters across every city: median 1.0 in, mean 2.2 in, 90th percentile 3.5 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests

Other Wisteria in the catalogue

3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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