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Shrub
Perennial

Non-native: Japan
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in GA Mountains)

Look for it in forests, woodlands, old house sites, suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

Alabama Invasive Plant Council, 2012
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013
SC Native Plant Society
Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009
US Fish & Wildlife Service
US Forest Service Southern Research Station
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, 2014

 

LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
White/Yellow(Pink/Red)
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Flowers in peduncled pairs in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer
Red
Berry

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control p168
• A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests p032
• Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests p24
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p294
• 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 morrowii   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera morrowii   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae