AMERICAN WISTARIA 



Kraunhia frutescens (Linnaeus) Greene 



American wistaria is a woody vine, climbing over trees and bushes. 

 Its stem reaches several inches in diameter and as much as forty feet in 

 length. The showy blue or lilac flowers are borne in abundance, though 

 the racemes are shorter than those of the Chinese wistaria so frequently 

 seen in our gardens. Wistaria was named in memory of Dr. Caspar 

 Wistar of Philadelphia. 



American wistaria is found in low grounds from Texas to Arkansas 

 and Florida and northward to Virginia. 



The specimen sketched grew near Savannah, Georgia. 



PLATE 149 



