Lonicera praeflorens Batalin

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae > Lonicera

Characteristics

Shrubs, deciduous, to 2 m tall. Winter buds with a pair of acute, cartilaginous outer scales covering membranous inner scales. Young branches usually with long spreading hairs. Petiole 3-5 mm, densely villous; leaf blade broadly ovate, 1-7.5 × 0.9-4.5 cm, both surfaces densely adpressed pubescent, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margin ciliate, apex acute to apiculate. Inflorescences axillary paired flowers and at base of new shoots, flowers opening early in season; peduncle very short, usually concealed by bud scales at anthesis, to 1.2 cm at fruiting stage, usually glabrous; bracts broadly lanceolate, 3-7 mm, margin often ciliate and glandular; bracteoles absent. Paired ovaries free, suborbicular, usually glabrous. Calyx cupular, sometimes shallowly lobed, ciliate. Corolla yellowish white to pink, subregular, funnelform, ca. 1 cm, outside glabrous, deeply lobed; lobes erect to recurved, oblong, 6-7 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens and style exserted; anthers dark pink; style glabrous. Berries red, globose, 6-8 mm in diam.; seeds brownish, oblong, ca. 4.5 mm, smooth. Fl. Apr, fr. May-Jun. 2n = 18.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.0
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) 4-7

Usage

Uses -
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°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lonicera praeflorens unspecified picture

Distribution

Lonicera praeflorens world distribution map, present in China and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149022-1
WFO ID wfo-0000360089
COL ID 72N2N
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lonicera praeflorens Lonicera kaiensis

Lower taxons

Lonicera praeflorens var. japonica