NameThatPlant.net: Lonicera dioica

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Dipsacales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lonicera dioica FAMILY Caprifoliaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina

Read more about Smooth Honeysuckle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera dioica FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-02-006:

Lonicera dioica FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

COMMON NAME:
Smooth Honeysuckle, Mountain Coral Honeysuckle, Limber Honeysuckle

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-02-006:
Lonicera dioica FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

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!

If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".

Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".