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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lonicera canadensis
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
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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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xylosteon ciliatum
COMMON NAME:
American Fly-honeysuckle
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_loca7_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xylosteon ciliatum
860
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Shrubby mountain bogs at high elevations, bouldery northern hardwood forests, hemlock and spruce swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p263
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p126
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p294
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p266
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p309
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p19
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p199
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