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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Dipsacales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lonicera fragrantissima
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera fragrantissima
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 174-02-003:
Lonicera fragrantissima
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sweet-breath-of-spring, Winter Honeysuckle
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JK Marlow jkm160130_092
January Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160130_095
January Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160130_097
January Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160130_098
January Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160130_100
January Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160130_104
January Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Stigma capitate [head-like], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160130_106
January Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves elliptic to broad-ovate, 1-3" long, 2/3x to almost as wide, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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Roxanna Martin rlm12812_103
January Spartanburg County SC
Five stamens, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm12812_106
January Spartanburg County SC
Flowers paired, subtended by 2 linear bracts; calyx lobes essentially obsolete, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_fragrantissima
February
Flowers are paired and their ovaries are united half their length, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow s050227_u
February Richland County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm110316_013
March Greenville County SC
Wide-spreading shrub with a tangled mass of slender recurving branches, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm110316_019
March Greenville County SC
Bark often flaking, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests.
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JK Marlow jkm110316_020c
March Greenville County SC
Flowers relatively small, 2-lipped, creamy white tinged pink or red, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm151230_073
December Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Holds foliage very late into fall and, in southern states, into winter, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.