Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera flava

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera flava

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Caprifoliaceae
174-02-007
Lonicera flava

Common Name:
Yellow Honeysuckle

Vine
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in soil mats around granitic domes, per Weakley's Flora



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...Moist ...Variable

Leaves:
Simple
Opposite

Flower:
Spring
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

Fruit:
Summer
Berry

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p108
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p227
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p126
Wildflowers of Tennessee p266
Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p18




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Ron Lance      rwl862_a


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"Irregular flowers are not radially symmetrical; that is, their petals or petal-like parts are not similar in size, shape or color. Usually these flowers have upper and lower parts that are called lips. Familiar irregular flowers are Violets, Orchids and Peas." — Lawrence Newcomb, Newcomb's Wildflower Guide