young shoot icon Home All plants About

Diervilla lonicera Mill.

Northern bush honeysuckle (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae > Diervilla

Characteristics

Shrub to 12 dm; twigs terete; petioles 3–10 mm; lvs oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, 8–15 cm, acuminate, serrulate, ciliate-margined, sometimes also hairy beneath; peduncles 3–7-fld; cal-lobes 4–5 mm; cor 12–20 mm, yellow, turning reddish, hairy within; fr slender, beaked, 8–15 mm, tardily dehiscent; 2n=36. Dry or rocky soil; Nf. to Sask., s. to N.C., Tenn., Ind. and Io. June, July. (D. diervilla)
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.25
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Dry gravelly soils in woodlands.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 2-5
Soil texture 1-5
Soil acidity 2-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-8

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Eye Medicine (bark), Laxative (bark), Gynecological Aid (bark), Urinary Aid (bark), Diuretic (leaf), Analgesic (leaf), Gastrointestinal Aid (leaf), Eye Medicine (root), Gynecological Aid (root), Blood Medicine (root), Pediatric Aid (root), Venereal Aid (root), Diuretic (root), Psychological Aid (root), Urinary Aid (root), Blood Medicine (unspecified), Other (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, seedlings or suckers.
Mode cuttings seedlings suckers
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Diervilla lonicera leaf picture by Peter Weber (cc-by-sa)
Diervilla lonicera leaf picture by Molly Williams (cc-by-sa)
Diervilla lonicera leaf picture by J Varner (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Diervilla lonicera flower picture by Bob Arnold (cc-by-sa)
Diervilla lonicera flower picture by Amber Amber Depew (cc-by-sa)
Diervilla lonicera flower picture by Zachary Holderby (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Diervilla lonicera world distribution map, present in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, France, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Slovakia, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148473-1
WFO ID wfo-0000647174
COL ID 3629S
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 761990
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lonicera diervilla Diervilla lutea Diervilla canadensis Diervilla diervilla Diervilla humilis Diervilla longifolia Diervilla parvifolia Diervilla tournefortii Diervilla trifida Diervilla acadiensis Diervilla lonicera var. hypomalaca Diervilla lonicera var. lonicera Diervilla lonicera
WorldFloraDB 2024