Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) is an extremely hardy, fast-growing ornamental vine with high-climbing stems. It flowers between the months of March to May, where it produces dangling, stalked clusters of fragrant and attractive, lavender to violet sweetpea-like flowers. Flattened seed pods appear late summer, which are greenish brown to golden in color. Each seedpods contains 1 to 8 round brown seeds.
Toxic components
All parts contain wistarine (a type of glycoside) and lectins. Ingestion of W. frutescens mainly affects the gastrointestinal system. Symptoms can appear up to 24 hours after ingestion.
- Weight Loss
- Dehydration
- Colic
- Diarrhea
- Loss Of Appetite
MECHANICAL CONTROL:
Cutting: Cut climbing or trailing vines as close to the root collar as possible. This technique is feasible on small populations, as a pretreatment on large impenetrable sites, in areas where a herbicide cannot be used, or if labor resources are not sufficient to adequately imp
