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Cobertura limitada
Glicina china
Wisteria sinensis
Una enredadera leñosa caducifolia, enorme y de crecimiento rápido, originaria de China, célebre por sus cortinas de mediados de primavera de flores fragantes, de color lavanda a violeta (a veces blancas), parecidas a las del guisante, que cuelgan en racimos largos y densos y se abren todas a la vez antes de que las hojas se desplieguen por completo. El espectáculo es realmente extraordinario, pero la glicina china es una de las enredaderas ornamentales más agresivas en cultivo y, en todo el sureste de los Estados Unidos, se ha escapado de los jardines hasta convertirse en gravemente INVASORA, trepando y ESTRANGULANDO los árboles, asfixiando copas enteras y formando matorrales densos que desplazan a las plantas nativas. Es extremadamente vigorosa, se enrosca en sentido antihorario con gran fuerza y exige un soporte muy resistente, una poda anual severa y vigilancia constante para mantenerla alejada de las casas, los canalones y los árboles. Las semillas y las vainas son TÓXICAS si se ingieren. Para la mayoría de los jardineros, la recomendación honesta es plantar en su lugar la glicina americana nativa (Wisteria frutescens): ofrece un efecto floral similar con una fracción de la agresividad y sin el coste ecológico invasor.
Climate fit: moderate (44/100)
Structure
Focal point
Light
Full sun / Part shade
Water
Consistent moisture
Mature size
120-300" tall · 120" apart
Hardy in zones
5a-8b
very cold to frosty winters
Native in Illinois
No
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Se cultiva estrictamente como ornamental, y es genuinamente venenosa si se ingiere: las semillas y las vainas en particular (y otras partes de la planta) contienen compuestos tóxicos (wisterina y lectinas) que provocan náuseas, vómitos, dolor abdominal y diarrea, y bastan un par de las semillas parecidas a judías para enfermar a un niño.
Cold hardiness
Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
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Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.
Heat tolerance
Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Where this plant fits
Suitable across 40 ecoregions — 34 climate-resilient through 2070 · 5 suited today · 1 newly possible by 2070. Best matches first.
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
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Arizona Mountains forests
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Blue Mountains forests
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Canadian Aspen forests and parklands
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Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
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Central Tallgrass prairie
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Central-Southern Cascades Forests
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Colorado Rockies forests
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Cross-Timbers savanna-woodland
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Glicina china (Wisteria sinensis). Retrieved 2026, June 14, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/wisteria-sinensis
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