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Lonicera dioica

Botanic Family

Caprifoliaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Limber Honesuckle

Geographical Habitats

• Alberta
• British Colombia
• Manitoba
• Northwest Territory
• Ontario
• Quebec
• Saskatchewan
• Yukon Territory - Canada
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Vermont
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming - USA

Natural Habitats

• Moist thickets
• forests
• swamps

Flowering Times

• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul Spring-Summer

Fruiting Times

• Aug
• Sep

Glabrous twining shrub to 3m with upper leaves connate. Terminal clusters of glabrous 15mm yellow-green flowers tinged purple, tube 10mm long. Fruit orange-red berries 8mm diameter

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Bradshaw 1996
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• USDA