Hairy Honeysuckle

(Lonicera hirsuta)

 

Color Photograph: © by and courtesy of Emmet J. Judziewicz, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Hairy Honeysuckle (Lonicera hirsuta)

Identification: A non-evergreen vine. Flowers orange-yellow, sticky, with protruding stamens. Five petals, one elongate, lower petal hanging downward and 4 fused lobes pointing upward. Lower parts of petals fused into an elongate tube. Berries red. Upper leaves ovate, fused around the stem, whitish below. Lower leaves in opposite pairs and with distinct petioles.

Distribution: Southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States.

Habitat: Hairy Honeysuckle is found in thickets and along the shores of rivers, ponds, and lakes.

Flowering period: May to July.

Hairy Honeysuckle (Lonicera hirsuta)

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The combination of orange-yellow flowers and upper leaves fused around the stem readily identify this species.

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