a climbing shrub of the pea family, with hanging clusters of pale bluish-lilac flowers. Native to East Asia and North America, ornamental varieties are widely grown on walls and pergolas 紫藤,紫藤属植物
Genus Wisteria, family Leguminosae: several species 紫藤属,豆科:数种
语源
modern Latin, named after Caspar Wistar (or Wister) (1761–1818), American anatomist