Caprifoliaceae
Northern bush honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Diervilla
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 加拿大黄锦带, 黄锦带
- Czech
- Zanice zimolezovitá
- English
- Northern bush honeysuckle
- Polish
- Zadrzewnia kanadyjska
Synonyms
- Diervilla acadiensis Duhamel
- Diervilla canadensis Willd.
- Diervilla diervilla MacMill.
- Diervilla humilis Pers.
- Diervilla longifolia Raf.
- Diervilla lonicera var. hypomalaca Fernald
- Diervilla lonicera var. lonicera
- Diervilla lutea Pursh
- Diervilla parvifolia Raf.
- Diervilla tournefortii Michx.
- Diervilla trifida Moench
- Lonicera diervilla L.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 2,844 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Pete Grannis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: feralist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: bunnymom20, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steven Lamonde, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: eesullivan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Allison McCabe, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aaron Carlson, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mina Hoskins, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: makenzie franco, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.