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Lonicera caprifolium

Botanic Family

Caprifoliaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Italian Woodbine
• Italian Honeysuckle
• Common Honeysuckle
• Perfoliate Woodbine
• Early Cream Honeysuckle
• Perfoliate Honeysuckle
• Sweet Woodbine

Geographical Habitats

• C & S Europe
• W. Asia

Natural Habitats

• Woodland

Flowering Times

• May-Jun Spring-Summer

Fruiting Times

Woody deciduous twiner with fragrant 50mm long yellow-white, pink tinged flowers in terminal & axillary whorls, bluish tube, fruit orange-red berries uppermost leaves forming concave cup

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Bradshaw 1996
• Mobot
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• FOBI
• Bodkin
• The Plant List
• Botanicus