Lonicera prolifera (G.Kirchn.) Booth ex Rehder
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Caprifoliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Woody climber with glabrous stems; lvs glaucous beneath, the lower broadly oval, sessile or nearly so, 4–8 cm, obtuse to emarginate, the upper 2–4 pairs ± connate, the uppermost forming a suborbicular disk rounded or retuse at the ends and glaucous above; spike short-peduncled; cor pale yellow, 2–3 cm, gibbous at the base, hairy inside, the lips scarcely as long as the tube; style hairy; 2n=18. Moist woods and thickets. May, June. Var. prolifera, occurring from c. N.Y. to Wis. and Ill., has the lvs thinly villous beneath. Var. glabra Gleason, of s. Mo. and Ark., has the lvs glabrous. (L. sullivantii)
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Common Names
grape-hyacinth