Lonicera tatarica L.

Tatarian honeysuckle (en), Clématite de tartarie (fr), Chèvrefeuille de Tartarie (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae > Lonicera

Characteristics

Shrubs, deciduous, to 3 m tall, ± pruinose. Winter buds small, with ca. 4 pairs of ovate scales. Branches with pith becoming brown and later hollow. Petiole 2-5 mm; leaf blade ovate or ovate-oblong, sometimes oblong, 2-5 × 1-2 cm, both surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent, sometimes prominently pubescent, base rounded or slightly cordate, margin ciliate, apex acute or obtuse. Inflorescences axillary paired flowers; peduncle 1-2 cm; bracts linear to obovate-lanceolate, 2-7 mm; bracteoles free in 2 pairs, orbicular-ovate, to 1 mm, sometimes as long as ovaries and ciliate. Neighboring 2 ovaries free. Calyx lobes triangular-lanceolate, to 1 mm. Corolla bilabiate, pale pink to carmine-red, sometimes white or pink fading to yellow, ca. 1.5 cm; tube 5-6 mm, shallowly gibbous at base; upper lip 4 lobed, 2 lateral lobes lobed to base and spreading, middle lobes shallowly lobed; lower lip recurved. Stamens and style exserted from corolla tube. Style pubescent throughout. Berries red or yellow, globose, 5-6 mm in diam.; seeds 2-2.3 mm, smooth with concave dots. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jun-Sep.
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Glabrous shrub to 3 m, the vigorous shoots hollow; lvs ovate to oblong, 3–6 cm, rounded to subcordate at base; peduncles axillary, 15–25 mm; bracts subulate, shorter or longer than the separate ovaries; bractlets broadly ovate, about a third as long as the ovary; cor white to pink, 1.5–2 cm, glabrous, nearly regular, the lobes equaling or longer than the tube; style hirsute; fr red, rarely yellow; 2n=18. Native of Eurasia, escaped from cult. throughout our range. May, June. (Xylosteon t.)
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.75 - 2.5
Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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

Usage

Uses animal food bee plant environmental use material medicinal ornamental
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°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Lonicera tatarica habit picture by Henk Van Lottum (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera tatarica habit picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera tatarica habit picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Lonicera tatarica leaf picture by Pavel Bartos (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera tatarica leaf picture by Подолюк Лілія (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera tatarica leaf picture by Daniel Da Parigi (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lonicera tatarica flower picture by Christoph Burmeister (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera tatarica flower picture by stephane thomas (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera tatarica flower picture by nikolay (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Lonicera tatarica fruit picture by Wiltrud Kirchberger (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera tatarica fruit picture by Marc Hückstädt (cc-by-sa)
Lonicera tatarica fruit picture by Pavel Bartos (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lonicera tatarica world distribution map, present in Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Canada, China, Germany, Estonia, France, Georgia, Croatia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Latvia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Conservation status

Lonicera tatarica threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149131-1
WFO ID wfo-0000360195
COL ID 3VZH4
BDTFX ID 39917
INPN ID 106588
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lonicera tatarica Lonicera karataviensis Xylosteon cordatum Chamaecerasus tatarica Lonicera splendens Xylosteon tataricum Caprifolium tataricum Lonicera angustata Xylosteon tartaricum Lonicera tatarica f. tatarica Lonicera tatarica var. tatarica Lonicera tatarica var. puberula Lonicera tatarica var. micrantha Lonicera parvifolia Lonicera tatarica var. albiflora Lonicera tatarica var. rubriflora