Lonicera sempervirens L.

Trumpet honeysuckle (en), Chèvrefeuille de Virginie (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae > Lonicera

Characteristics

Woody twiner; lvs narrowly oblong to broadly oval, the uppermost pair (seldom 2 pairs) connate into a rhombic-elliptic disk, glaucous and glabrous, or villous especiallybeneath; fls in 1–4 whorls; cor 3–5 cm, narrow, red or yellow outside, yellow inside, the 5 lobes about equal, much shorter than the tube; stamens and style barely exserted; 2n=18, 36. Woods and thickets, native at least from Conn. to Fla. and w. to Okla., widely escaped from cult. elsewhere. May–Fall. The widespread var. sempervirens has the stems, upper side of lvs, hypanthium, and outside of the cor glabrous. Var. hirsutula Rehder, occurring from Ala. to N.C., and reported from Va., has ciliate lvs hairy above, sometimes glandular stems, hairy cor, and glandular hypanthium. (Phaenanthus s.)
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A creeping shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.75 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 4.9 - 4.95
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) 3.2
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 4-9.
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Borders of woods and thickets.
Light 3-7
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses environmental use 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°) -17
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Lonicera sempervirens leaf picture by Kara Meyer (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lonicera sempervirens flower picture by ben vc (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera sempervirens flower picture by ben vc (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera sempervirens flower picture by trish Norman (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lonicera sempervirens world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Canada, China, Croatia, India, Myanmar, Mozambique, Pakistan, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30080890-2
WFO ID wfo-0001290705
COL ID 3VZFS
BDTFX ID 39857
INPN ID 106585
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Kantemon angustifolium Lonicera flammea Lonicera virginiana Lonicera caroliniana Lonicera coccinea Alaternus sempervirens Lonicera magnevilleae Lonicera speciosa Phenianthus sempervirens Periclymenum sempervirens Phenianthus semperivens Caprifolium sempervirens Lonicera connata Lonicera sempervirens var. sempervirens Lonicera sempervirens var. caroliniana Lonicera sempervirens var. hirsutula Lonicera sempervirens var. major Lonicera sempervirens var. minor Lonicera sempervirens var. virginiana Lonicera sempervirens