Lonicera caprifolium L.

Perfoliate honeysuckle (en), Chèvrefeuille des jardins (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae > Lonicera

Characteristics

A deciduous climber. It grows 4.5-6 m long. It can be grown as a ground cover. The leaves are in fused pairs 5-10 cm long. The flowers are creamy-white to yellow. They can have pink tints. The flowers are 5 cm long. They are cupped by the blue-green uppermost leaves. The fruit are orange-red berries.
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The European L. caprifolium L., with the cor 3–5 cm, white or yellowish, the tube sometimes purplish, not gibbous, glabrous within, occasionally escapes from cult.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread endozoochory
Mature width (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It is frost hardy. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.
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Hedges, scrub and woods.
Light 3-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

CAUTION: The fruit may be poisonous. The flowers are eaten as a snack. The young shoots are eaten in salads.
Uses essential oil medicinal ornamental poison
Edible flowers fruits shoots
Therapeutic use Asthma (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Cataplasm (unspecified), Amygdalitis (unspecified), Respiratory (unspecified), Catarrh (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified)
Human toxicity toxic (seed), toxic (fruit)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Lonicera caprifolium habit picture by Andrew Gagg (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera caprifolium habit picture by Andrew Gagg (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera caprifolium habit picture by angela (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Lonicera caprifolium leaf picture by Ludovic DYEN (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera caprifolium leaf picture by E'ric (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera caprifolium leaf picture by Chris Lawson (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lonicera caprifolium flower picture by M. Rita (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera caprifolium flower picture by op Marieta (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera caprifolium flower picture by Areslane BOULKABOUL (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Lonicera caprifolium fruit picture by Jacques Zuber (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera caprifolium fruit picture by Saevan (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera caprifolium fruit picture by gennaro musella (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lonicera caprifolium world distribution map, present in Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Switzerland, China, Cameroon, Czech Republic, Germany, Dominican Republic, Estonia, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148670-1
WFO ID wfo-0000359853
COL ID 3VZ56
BDTFX ID 39867
INPN ID 106556
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lonicera suavis Lonicera pallida Caprifolium pallidum Caprifolium atropurpureum Caprifolium germanicum Caprifolium magnevilleae Caprifolium rotundifolium Caprifolium sylvaticum Caprifolium perfoliatum Caprifolium vulgare Periclymenum italicum Periclymenum perfoliatum Caprifolium hortense Caprifolium italicum Lonicera caprifolium