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Mountain fly honeysuckle

Lonicera villosa

Also called Velvet Honeysuckle

Mountain fly honeysuckle
Photo: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown, Public domain
Family
Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
E. Canada to NE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Lonicera villosa, also known as mountain fly honeysuckle, is a species of honeysuckle native to North America.

Where it grows

Lonicera villosa occurs across the Northern and Northeastern United States, as well as Central, Eastern, and Northern Canada.

Uses

The berries of Lonicera villosa are edible and sometimes mistaken for blueberries.

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 villosa 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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