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Yellow honeysuckle

Lonicera flava

Yellow honeysuckle
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
C. & EC. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Lonicera flava (commonly known as yellow honeysuckle) is a species of honeysuckle native to the central and eastern United States. It is a woody vine with yellow-orange flowers that are slightly fragrant.

Where it grows

L. flava is native in the United States in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The plant grows in dry to mesic upland woods and forests, along stream banks, on bluffs, and at the margins of glades.

Other Lonicera plants

Fragrant Grove Honeysuckle · Western white honeysuckle · Alpine honeysuckle · Arizona honeysuckle · Sweetberry honeysuckle · American fly honeysuckle · Italian woodbine · Lonicera cerviculata · Orange Honeysuckle · Purpleflower honeysuckle · Limber honeysuckle · Etruscan honeysuckle

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lonicera flava by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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