Lonicera microphylla Willd. ex Schult.

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae > Lonicera

Characteristics

Shrubs, deciduous, 1-3 m tall. Branches with solid pith. Winter buds with 3-6 pairs of scales, rounded to acute. Petiole 1-2 mm; leaf blade abaxially often gray-white, sometimes with membranous domatia in vein axils, obovate to elliptic or oblong, 5-22 × 5-13 mm, both surfaces densely puberulent to subglabrous, base cuneate, apex obtuse or ± acute, sometimes mucronate. Inflorescences axillary, paired flowers; peduncles 5-12 mm, usually nodding; bracts subulate, exceeding ovaries, bracteoles absent. Neighboring 2 ovaries fused completely or at least to middle, glabrous. Calyx rimlike to lobed. Corolla bilabiate, white to yellow, sometimes tinged pink; tube 7-10 mm, outside hairy or glabrous, gibbous toward base on ventral side; lobes oblong, 3-7 mm, upper 4 lobes erect, lower one recurved. Stamens inserted at mouth of corolla, together with style exserted; filaments and style glabrous or with spreading hairs. Ovaries 3-locular, with 4 or 5 ovules per locule. Berry red or orange-yellow, globose, 5-6 mm in diam.; seeds yellowish brown, oblong or ovoid-ellipsoid, 2.5-3 mm, smooth. Fl. Apr-Jun(-Jul), fr. Jul-Aug(-Sep). 2n = 18.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
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°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Lonicera microphylla world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148925-1
WFO ID wfo-0000359730
COL ID 3VZC4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lonicera microphylla Lonicera bungeana Caprifolium bungeanum Lonicera sieversiana Xylosteon sieversianum Caprifolium microphyllum