Hairy Honeysuckle
Lonicera hirsuta
Caprifoliaceae
Growth habit
Vine, Climber
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Native to the Finger Lakes Region, NE North America
Location
Source of plant
Unknown
Description
Twining deciduous shrub. Young shoots slender, glandular-pubescent. Leaves ot 10 x 5cm, oval, deep dull green above, grey beneath, pubescent, especially beneath, ciliate, upper leaves fused forming disc. Inforesence terminal or axillary spikes of flowers in 2-3 dense whorls; corolla tube bilabiate, to 3cm, yellow-orange glandular-pubescent, outside, base saccate. Fruit yellow-red.
USDA Hardiness Zone
3
Status
L1|S4|G4G5