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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera flava   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-02-007:

Lonicera flava   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lonicera flava

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lonicera flavida

 

COMMON NAME:
Yellow Honeysuckle


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image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lofl_001_lvd

        

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

Joyce Easley    joe_032812

March    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Probably the best indicator of calcareous granitic domes, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm130422_641

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm130425_722

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm130425_729

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm130425_735

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Corolla tube 10-35mm long, lobes 8-15mm long; upper lip 4-lobed, lower 1-lobed, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm130425_743

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm130425_744

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Leaves glabrous on the upper surface, gray beneath, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm130425_747

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm130504_920

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

Ron Lance    rwl862_a

May        

Inflorescence subtended by connate leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_l_flava_2

June        

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm230907_5309

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm121027_834

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm121027_872

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Fruit often borne in one crowded whorl on the fruiting spike, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Lonicera flava, Yellow Honeysuckle

Ron Lance    rwl_lonicera_flava

October    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera flava   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-02-007:
Lonicera flava   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lonicera flava

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lonicera flavida

 

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862

Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: In soil mats around granitic domes, limestone bluffs, rocky woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

Flowers in terminal clusters subtended by connate leaves

FRUIT:
Summer
Berry

 

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