Lonicera similis Hemsl. ex F.B.Forbes & Hemsl.

For description see under species complex. Distinguishing characters for this species are as follows: Stems with spreading, yellow-brown long stiff hairs and minute glandular hairs. Leaves abaxially white velutinous obscuring leaf surface, mixed with stiff hairs. Bracts sometimes leaflike, linear-lanceolate, 5-14 mm. Corolla sometimes less than 3 cm. Ovaries glabrous to sparsely hirsute. Berries black. Fl. May-Jun(-Jul), fr. Sep-Oct.

It is a tropical plant. It grows on sunny mountain slopes between 400-1,600 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.