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Lonicera sempervirens

Botanic Family

Caprifoliaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Trumpet Honeysuckle
• Coral Honeysuckle
• Red Honeysuckle

Geographical Habitats

• Ontario
• Quebec - Canada
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Vermont
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin - USA

Natural Habitats

• Scrubby sites
• woodland
• streamside
• riverside. Grows and flowers in shade.

Flowering Times

• Spring-autumn Apr
• May-Jun (USA)

Fruiting Times

• Autumn

Woody semi-evergreen glabrous high climbing twining scrambler to 6m. Glabrous leathery leaves to 90mm long, sometimes pubescent beneath, uppermpst pair connate. Terminal or axillary whorls or panicles with connate bracts of 50mm long glabrous orange-red outside & yellow inside flowers with 5 lobes. Orange-red or scarlet berries to 6mm long with persistent calyx.

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Bradshaw 1996
• P & R 1997
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• USDA
• JAA
• FOSEUS
• USNH