Wisteria brachybotrys

Wisteria brachybotrys

  • Wisteria brachybotrys
  • Wisteria brachybotrys
  • Wisteria brachybotrys
  • Wisteria brachybotrys
  • Wisteria brachybotrys
  • Wisteria brachybotrys
  • Wisteria brachybotrys
  • Wisteria brachybotrys
  • Flower name
    Wisteria brachybotrys
  • Scientific name
    Wisteria brachybotrys
  • Alias山藤
  • Place of originJapan
  • Place of floweringLow mountains, Bonsai
  • Flowering seasonApril, May

What is Wisteria brachybotrys

Wisteria brachybotrys or Yamafuj (scientific name: Wisteria brachybotrys) is a deciduous vine of the genus Wisteria in the family Fabaceae, endemic to Japan. W. brachybotrys grows naturally in the mountains of western Japan. Yama Fuji (W. brachybotrys) and the Noda Fuji (Wisteria floribunda). W. brachybotrys has shorter inflorescences than W. floribunda, and the flowers bloom at the same time rather than at the base or tip first. W. floribunda is right-handed and W. brachybotrys is left-handed. Both have the same leaf shape with compound leaves, but the number of lobes is 4 to 6 pairs in W. brachybotrys and 5 to 9 pairs in W. floribunda. The size of the lobes is larger in Yama fuji (W. brachybotrys).

Common name: Yamafuji, scientific name: Wisteria brachybotrys,Place of origin: Japan, Type of life: vine deciduous tree, Vine length: 3-10 m, Flower color: purple; Inflorescence length (flower cluster length): 15-20 cm; Flower diameter: 1-3 cm, Flowering Season: April to May, Use: Potted, standardized.


  • Order
    Angiospermae
  • Family
    Fabaceae
  • Genus
    Wisteria
  • Species
    W. brachybotrys
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Cephalic inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Butterfly shape
  • Leaf type
    3-fold compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typedeciduous vine
  • Flower colorsPurple
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height300.0 ~ 1000.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.0 ~ 3.0 cm

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