Lonicera chrysantha Turcz. ex Ledeb.

Chrysantha honeysuckle (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae > Lonicera

Characteristics

Shrubs, deciduous, to 4 m tall. Winter buds ovoid-lanceolate, with several pairs of scales; outer scales triangular, sparsely puberulent; inner scales accrescent, lanceolate, densely pubescent and white long ciliate outside. Branches with pith becoming brown and later hollow. Branches and petioles spreading pubescent with interspersed minute glands. Petiole 4-10 mm; leaf blade ovate to rhombic or oblong to lanceolate, 3-10 × 1-5 cm, abaxially densely strigose to villous or sparsely pubescent, adaxially sparsely pubescent or subglabrous, base cuneate to rounded, margin ciliate, apex rounded or acute to acuminate or caudate. Inflorescences fragrant, axillary paired flowers; peduncle 1.5-3 cm; bracts linear or narrowly linear-lanceolate, 2.5-8 mm, often exceeding ovaries; bracteoles of each flower fused or separate, ovate to suborbicular, ca. 1 mm, long ciliate. Neighboring 2 ovaries free, ± glandular, glabrous or densely hairy. Calyx lobes ovate, with rounded apex, ciliate and glandular, sometimes with a collarlike emergence at base. Corolla bilabiate, white at first, later yellow, sometimes tinged orange-red, 1-1.5 cm, outside sparsely to densely hairy; tube 2-5 mm, pubescent inside, deeply or sometimes inconspicuously gibbous toward base; upper lip shallowly 4-lobed; lower lip recurved. Stamens and style exserted from corolla tube; filaments densely hairy below middle; connectives sometimes pubescent; style hairy throughout. Berries red, orbicular, ca. 5 mm in diam.; seeds brown-red, ellipsoid, ca. 3 mm, with minute concave dots and sometimes with red glands. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 18.
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A shrub. It loses is leaves during the year. It grows 4 m tall. The branches are spreading and hairy. The leaves are 3-10 cm long by 1-5 cm wide. The flowers are in pairs in the axils of leaves. They have a scent. The fruit are red berries. They are oval and 5 mm across. The seeds are red-brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.3
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in scrub at the edges of forests between 200-3,000 m above sea level in China. Mt Lofty Botanical Gardens. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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In deciduous coastal and montane forests and meadows..
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-6

Usage

CAUTION:
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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°) -38
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lonicera chrysantha unspecified picture

Distribution

Lonicera chrysantha world distribution map, present in Canada, China, Japan, Mongolia, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Russian Federation

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148693-1
WFO ID wfo-0000359869
COL ID 3VZ5T
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lonicera chrysantha Caprifolium gibbiflorum Xylosteon gibbiflorum Caprifolium chrysanthum Euonymus gibbiflora Lonicera chrysantha f. crassipes Lonicera chrysantha f. villosa Lonicera x gibbiflora Lonicera longipes Xylosteon chrysanthum Lonicera chrysantha var. chrysantha Lonicera chrysantha var. longipes Lonicera xylosteum var. chrysantha Lonicera chrysantha subsp. chrysantha Lonicera chrysantha subsp. gibbiflora Lonicera chrysantha var. linearifolia

Lower taxons

Lonicera chrysantha var. koehneana