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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera ×bella [morrowii × tatarica]   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-02-001:

Lonicera ×bella   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Lonicera bella

 

COMMON NAME:
Bell's Honeysuckle, Pretty Honeysuckle, Showy Honeysuckle


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image of Lonicera ×bella, Bell's Honeysuckle, Pretty Honeysuckle, Showy Honeysuckle

Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org    bug_5394402

Month Unknown    Jefferson County    CO

A hybrid of L. tatarica & L. morrowii, with intermediate characters, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Lonicera ×bella, Bell's Honeysuckle, Pretty Honeysuckle, Showy Honeysuckle

Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org    bug_5394403

Month Unknown    Jefferson County    CO

image of Lonicera ×bella, Bell's Honeysuckle, Pretty Honeysuckle, Showy Honeysuckle

Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org    bug_5443144

Month Unknown        

Leaves obtuse to acute (rarely short acuminate), thinly pubescent beneath, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Lonicera ×bella, Bell's Honeysuckle, Pretty Honeysuckle, Showy Honeysuckle

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5453330

Month Unknown        

Stalks of fruit longer than petioles, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Lonicera ×bella, Bell's Honeysuckle, Pretty Honeysuckle, Showy Honeysuckle

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5453352

Month Unknown        

Flowers in pairs with connate ovaries, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Lonicera ×bella, Bell's Honeysuckle, Pretty Honeysuckle, Showy Honeysuckle

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5453363

Month Unknown        

Corolla pink (aging to yellow). Peduncles longer than the subtending petiole, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Lonicera ×bella, Bell's Honeysuckle, Pretty Honeysuckle, Showy Honeysuckle

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5453364

Month Unknown        

image of Lonicera ×bella, Bell's Honeysuckle, Pretty Honeysuckle, Showy Honeysuckle

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5453396

Month Unknown        

image of Lonicera ×bella, Bell's Honeysuckle, Pretty Honeysuckle, Showy Honeysuckle

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5453409

Month Unknown        

image of Lonicera ×bella, Bell's Honeysuckle, Pretty Honeysuckle, Showy Honeysuckle

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5453417

Month Unknown        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lonicera ×bella [morrowii × tatarica]   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-02-001:
Lonicera ×bella   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lonicera bella

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

871

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: forests, woodlands, fencerows, suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Rare

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INVASIVE

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

 

LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Pink aging to yellow
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

Flowers in peduncled pairs in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Spring
Red
Berry

 

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