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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lonicera flava
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera flava
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-02-007:
Lonicera flava FAMILY Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lonicera flava
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lonicera flavida
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Honeysuckle
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lofl_001_lvd
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Joyce Easley joe_032812
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Probably the best indicator of calcareous granitic domes, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm130422_641
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130425_722
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130425_729
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130425_735
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Corolla tube 10-35mm long, lobes 8-15mm long; upper lip 4-lobed, lower 1-lobed, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm130425_743
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130425_744
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaves glabrous on the upper surface, gray beneath, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm130425_747
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130504_920
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm240502_8886
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm240502_8887
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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Ron Lance rwl862_a
May
Inflorescence subtended by connate leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_flava_2
June
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JK Marlow jkm230907_5309
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm121027_834
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm121027_872
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Fruit often borne in one crowded whorl on the fruiting spike, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Ron Lance rwl_lonicera_flava
October Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lonicera flava
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera flava
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-02-007:
Lonicera flava
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lonicera flava
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lonicera flavida
862
Woody vine
Perennial
Habitat: In soil mats around granitic domes, limestone bluffs, rocky woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Flowers in terminal clusters subtended by connate leaves
FRUIT:
Summer
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p227
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p108
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p088
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p264
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p126
- 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) p199
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