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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lonicera dioica
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
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Read more about Smooth Honeysuckle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera dioica
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lonicera dioica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lonicera dioica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-02-006:
Lonicera dioica FAMILY Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Lonicera dioica var. dioica
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Lonicera dioica var. glaucescens
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lonicera dioica
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lonicera glaucescens
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Honeysuckle, Mountain Coral Honeysuckle, Limber Honeysuckle
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lodi2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0305s_18
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves variable, usually the last 3 pairs on flowering shoots are connate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0405h_37
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Corolla red, throat often yellow; tube 8-15mm long, lobes about the same, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0405i_21
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0505k_25
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lonicera dioica
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera dioica
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lonicera dioica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lonicera dioica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-02-006:
Lonicera dioica
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Lonicera dioica var. dioica
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Lonicera dioica var. glaucescens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lonicera dioica
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lonicera glaucescens
861
Woody vine
Perennial
Habitat: seepages, bogs, rocky woods, shrubby mountain bogs at high elevations, rocky ridgetop thickets over amphibolite, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Red
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (four-lobed upper lip, one-lobed lower lip)
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Flowers in terminal clusters subtended by connate leaves
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p264
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p126
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p108
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p148
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p266
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p310
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p18
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p197
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p199
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