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Henry's Honeysuckle - Lonicera henryi

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Henry's Honeysuckle Henry's Honeysuckle - Lonicera henryi dylan Blaise Castle 30 Apr 2022, 3:41 p.m. 27 Apr 2022, 2:36 p.m.
Henry's Honeysuckle Henry's Honeysuckle - Lonicera henryi dylan Blaise Castle 30 Apr 2022, 3:41 p.m. 27 Apr 2022, 2:36 p.m.
Henry's Honeysuckle Henry's Honeysuckle - Lonicera henryi dylan Blaise Castle 30 Apr 2022, 3:41 p.m. 27 Apr 2022, 2:36 p.m.
Henry's Honeysuckle Henry's Honeysuckle - Lonicera henryi dylan Blaise Castle 30 Apr 2022, 3:41 p.m. 27 Apr 2022, 2:37 p.m.
Henry's Honeysuckle Henry's Honeysuckle - Lonicera henryi dylan Blaise Castle 30 Apr 2022, 3:41 p.m. 28 Apr 2022, 1:51 p.m.
Henry's Honeysuckle Henry's Honeysuckle - Lonicera henryi dylan Blaise Castle 30 Apr 2022, 3:41 p.m. 28 Apr 2022, 1:52 p.m.

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Species Description

Widely grown and scattered as an escape throughout the UK.

Stace 4:

Lonicera henryi Hemsl. - Henry's Honeysuckle.

Evergreen climber to 5(10)m; leaves 4-13cm, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate; flowers in axillary pairs but clustered into terminal groups, zygomorphic, 15-25mm, yellow tinged with red; berry black; (2n=54). Neophyte-naturalised; grown in gardens; naturalised from throwouts or bird-sown; scattered in England and Wales, County Wexford, East Mayo; China.

Key:

  • Flowers and fruit in pairs, sessile at apex of common axillary stalk, sometimes crowded near branch ends; climbers or not
  • Stems twining
  • Corolla 15-25mm, glabrous on outside; 2 bracts at base of each flower-pair subulate

Useful Links:

Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

Wikipedia

Kew(as L. acuminata)

GBIF(as L. acuminata)

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