NameThatPlant.net: Diervilla lonicera

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Dipsacales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Diervilla lonicera FAMILY Diervillaceae NEW! Click to go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Northern Bush-honeysuckle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diervilla lonicera FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-01-001:
Diervilla lonicera FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

COMMON NAME:
Northern Bush-honeysuckle

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image of Diervilla lonicera, Northern Bush-honeysuckle

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_didi12_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Diervilla lonicera FAMILY Diervillaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Diervilla lonicera FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-01-001:
Diervilla lonicera FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

1875

Shrub
Perennial

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Habitat: rock outcrops and ridges at high elevations, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 exserted stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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