Caprifoliaceae

Sweetberry honeysuckle

Lonicera caerulea L.

Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Lonicera

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Sweetberry honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea) — FlowerPhoto: Codrin Bucur, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (34)

Arabic: عسلة زرقاء
Armenian: Ցախակեռաս կապույտ, Ցախկեռաս կապույտ, Ցախակեռաս ուտելի, Ցախկեռաս ուտելի
arz: عسله زرقاء
atj: Kamikaminikak
Azerbaijani: Yeməli doqquzdon
Belarusian: Бружмель сіні, Бружмель ядомы
Chinese: 蓝靛果忍冬, 藍靛果忍冬, 蓝果忍冬, 蓝锭果, 藍果忍冬, 藍靛果, 蓝靛果
Croatian: Plava kozokrvina
Czech: Zimolez modrý
Danish: Blåfrugtet Gedeblad, Blå Gedeblad, Honningbær
English: Sweetberry honeysuckle, Deepblue honeysuckle, Edible honeysuckle
Estonian: Sinine kuslapuu, Söödav kuslapuu
Finnish: Sinikuusama, Alppisinikuusama, Idänsinikuusama, Marjasinikuusama
French: Chèvrefeuille bleu, Camérisier bleu
frr: Blä Haagekäärs
German: Blaue Heckenkirsche, Blaue Doppelbeere
Hebrew: יערה כחולה
hsb: Módry kozylist
Hungarian: Kék mézbogyó
Icelandic: Blátoppur, Berjablátoppur
Japanese: ハスカップ, クロミノウグイスカグラ, クロミノウグイスカズラ
Korean: 댕댕이나무
Malayalam: ഹസ്കപ്പ്
Norwegian Bokmål: Blåleddved
Norwegian Nynorsk: Blåleddved
Polish: Wiciokrzew siny, Jagoda Kamczacka, Suchodrzew siny
rsk: Сибирска чернїца
Russian: Жимолость голубая, Готовик, Жимолость камчатская, Жимолость Регеля, Жимолость сизая, Жимолость синяя, Жимолость сливочная, Жимолость Турчанинова
Serbian: Sibirska borovnica
Slovenian: Modro kosteničevje, Haskap, Sibirska borovnica
Spanish: Madreselva Azul
Swedish: Blåtry, Blåbärstry, Bärtry, Kaneltry, Ryskt blåtry
Ukrainian: Жимолость блакитна, Жимолость голуба, Жимолость їстівна
vro: Sinine kuslapuu

Synonyms

Caprifolium caeruleum (L.) Lam.
Caprifolium venulosum (Maxim.) Kuntze
Chamaecerasus coerulea Delarbre
Euchylia caerulea (L.) Dulac
Isika coerulea (L.) Medik.
Lonicera boczkarnikovae Pleckanova
Lonicera caerulea subsp. kamtschatica (Sevast.) Gladkova
Lonicera caerulea subsp. venulosa (Maxim.) Vorosch.
Lonicera caerulea var. altaica Pall.
Lonicera caerulea var. edulis Turcz. ex Herder
Lonicera caerulea var. glabrescens Herder
Lonicera caerulea var. kamtschatica Sevast.
Lonicera caerulea var. tangutica Maxim.
Lonicera edulis Turcz.
Lonicera emphyllocalyx Maxim.
Lonicera kamtschatica (Sevast.) Pojark.
Lonicera kirilowi hort. ex Dippel
Lonicera velutina DC.
Lonicera venulosa Maxim.
Lonicera venulosa subsp. edulis (Turcz. ex Herder) Vorosch.
Lonicera venulosa subsp. emphyllocalyx (Maxim.) Vorosch.
Metalonicera edulis (Turcz. ex Freyn) M.Wang & A.G.Gu
Xylosteon caeruleum (L.) Dum.Cours.
Xylosteon canadense Duhamel ex DC.
Xylosteon oblongifolium Goldie

Flowers

In flower: May to June (from 190 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Codrin Bucur, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kate Crowell Walker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Opioła Jerzy, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Opioła Jerzy, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Doronenko 08:29, 9 April 2007, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Юлия, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Malheureux, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.