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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera japonica   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-02-004:

Lonicera japonica   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Nintooa japonica

 

COMMON NAME:
Japanese Honeysuckle


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_loja_001_lvd

        

image of Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_loja_009_lvd

        

image of Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_359

        

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JK Marlow    jkm110320_146

March    Greenville County    SC

The most commonly occurring invasive plant in the South, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).

image of Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm110320_152

March    Greenville County    SC

Overwhelms and replaces native flora in all forest types, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).

image of Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    s040328_ab

March    Greenville County    SC

Leaves of new shoots in the spring often lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle

Gill Newberry    gn05_lonicera_jap_vine

May        

image of Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm0305j_25

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm080515_029

May    Greenville County    SC

Parking lot

Thin tubular flaring to 5 lobes, the longest lobes about equaling tube, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm080515_039

May    Greenville County    SC

Parking lot

image of Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle

Keith Bradley    kab_l_japonica_73714

May    Polk County    NC

Norman Wilder Forest

image of Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_lonicera_japonica_3

August        

image of Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm0410m_18

October    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

Flowers paired, subtended by 2 leafy bracts, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm0410m_20

October    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

Berry black, glossy, nearly spherical, 5-6mm wide, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle

JK Marlow    jkm101112_141

November    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Stems glabrous to densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera japonica   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-02-004:
Lonicera japonica   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nintooa japonica

 

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864

Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: Nearly ubiquitous, especially common in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain and in mesic habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Common

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Pink/fading to Yellow
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla (four-lobed upper lip, one-lobed lower lip)
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

Flowers in peduncled pairs in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry

 

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