NameThatPlant.net: Lonicera canadensis

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lonicera canadensis FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about American Fly-honeysuckle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera canadensis FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-02-002:
Lonicera canadensis FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

COMMON NAME:
American Fly-honeysuckle, Fly-honeysuckle

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image of Lonicera canadensis, American Fly-honeysuckle, Fly-honeysuckle

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_loca7_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lonicera canadensis FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera canadensis FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-02-002:
Lonicera canadensis FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

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Shrub
Perennial

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC -

Rare

Look for it in shrubby mountain bogs at high elevations, bouldery , hemlock and spruce swamps, per Weakley's Flora

map
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,

or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

Flowers in peduncled pairs in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer
Berry

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