Wisteria facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Wisteria |
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| Flowering Wisteria sinensis | |
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Wisteria
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Wisteria is a type of plant. It is a climbing shrub with blue/lilac flowers. The plant only flowers after a being a few years old but when it does the flowers have a very sweet fragrance. It looses its leaves in winter. The seeds come in pods and are disc shaped.
Images for kids
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Seeds and seedpods of Wisteria floribunda. The seeds of all Wisteria species contain high levels of the wisterin toxin and are especially poisonous.
See also
In Spanish: Wisteria para niños
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