Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Wisteria

Catalan common name: Glicina.

Spanish common name: Glicina.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Chinese-Japanese

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Garden plants. Gardens.

Characteristics: A scansorial plant with robust woody stems, odd-pinnate and flowers in racemes lilac-blue in colour, and dangle some 15-30 cm. Used often in landscape gardening for wall cover.