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Japanese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Description:

Vine w/fragrant tubular flowers, white turning yellow w/age, in pairs in the leaf axils. Flowers 3.8cm long. Leaves to 7.5 cm long, opposite ovate, untoothed evergreen & hairy. Twigs hairy also. Fruit a black berry. Flowers April-July, sometimes in fall.

Habitat:

Woodlands, roadsides, etc.

Notes:

Reportedly from Asia. Can grow 9 m per year. A sweet nectar can be sucked from the base of the corlla.

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3 Comments

MitchRay
MitchRay 12 years ago

I enjoy eating Honeysuckle nectar as well. We used to teach our summer campers how to do it.

JOHN2
JOHN2 12 years ago

Yes, and nectar is sweet, I remember doing that when I was 10, way back when earth was still flat...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Are flowers fragrant ?

JOHN2
Spotted by
JOHN2

Georgia, USA

Spotted on May 16, 2011
Submitted on May 16, 2011

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