Lonicera x bella Zabel

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Wisconsin

• County/Municipio

  Richland Co.

• Locality

  along Hwy. 60, ca. 200 m E of Crawford Co. line; Along portion of old road near entrance to Lower Wisconsin Wildlife Area, in Wisconsin River valley, but well above the food plain

• Township, Range, Section

  8N, 2W, NW¼NW¼ Sect. 7

• Coordinates

  43.1903, -90.665

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of U.S.A.
Caprifoliaceae Lonicera x bella Zabel
det. M. Nee, 2006
Wisconsin, Richland Co., along Hwy. 60, ca. 200 m E of
Crawford Co. line.
T 8 N; R 2 W; NW Vi NW */4 Sect. 7.
43°11’25”N, 90°39’54”W. alt. 660 ft.
Along portion of old road near entrance to Lower Wisconsin
Wildlife Area, in Wisconsin River valley, but well above the
flood plain. Grassy and brushy, with Acer negundo, Populus
deltoides, Fraxinus pensylvanica, Celtis occidentalis, Viburnum
lentago, much naturalized Lonicera x bella complex.
Shrubs 2-3.5 m. tall, perhaps some planted, but others surely
naturalized, all eleven numbers {Nee 54374-54384) from different
plants to collect the whole range of variation, and all plants
collected seem to key to L. x bella. Corollas range in all shades
from pure white to dark pink, some fading yellowish, others not,
but all plants had pubescent leaves and twigs. No L. tatarica
(glabrous leaves and twigs) or L. morrowii (bracteoles nearly
equalling the ovary in anthesis) were collected here.
This plant: Corolla pink on outside in bud, lighter pink within
when open, fading to a definite yellowish.
Coll.: M. Nee 54380
21 May 2006
02437250