NameThatPlant.net: Lonicera maackii

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lonicera maackii FAMILY Caprifoliaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

Read more about Amur Bush-honeysuckle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

See Luken & Thieret (1994) for a detailed account of this species, its discovery, nomenclature, and issues regarding its invasiveness.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera maackii FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

COMMON NAME:
Amur Bush-honeysuckle, Amur Honeysuckle

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lonicera maackii FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera maackii FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

865

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Suburban woodlands, moist forests, fencerows, especially in areas with circumneutral soils, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Uncommon to rare in GA-NC-SC currently, but aggressively invasive in various parts of eastern North America

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Yellow(Pink/Red)
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

Flowers in peduncled pairs in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Red
Berry

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