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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

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...Wet

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!

• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p126
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p294
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p266
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p309
• Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p19
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p199

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

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