Lonicera villosa - (image 1 of 2)
Taxonomy
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Synonymous with L. caerulea L.
Habitat
Swamps, wet woods, fens.
Associates
Distribution
Central and eastern Canada south through New England to PA, west through OH, MI, WI, and MN; circumboreal.
Morphology
Upright deciduous shrub to 1 m; variably pubescent; leaves to 8 cm long, widest above the middle, rounded at tip, underside hairy; flowers axillary, yellow to red; fruit blue.
Notes
Flowers May to July
Wetland indicator: NA
Easily propagated by stem cuttings taken in the spring and rooted in water.
References
Gleason, Henry A.
and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States
and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY.
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