Caprifoliaceae

Italian woodbine

Lonicera caprifolium L.

Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Lonicera

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Italian woodbine (Lonicera caprifolium) — FlowerPhoto: qvaak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (39)

Arabic: عسلة معزية الأوراق, أم الشعراء, سلطان الجبل, سلطان الغابة, صريمة الجدي الشائعة, ماطرشلبه, و صريمة الجدى
Armenian: Այծացախակեռաս, Այծատերև, Այծտերևի, Ճանկիկ, Սիսղանի, Տիկնաթաթիկ, Ցախակեռաս բուրավետ
arz: عسله معزية الاوراق
azb: کاپریفول
Azerbaijani: Kaprifol
Belarusian: Капрыфоль
Catalan: Chèvrefeuille des Jardins
Chinese: 羊叶忍冬, 蔓生盘叶忍冬
Croatian: Prava kozokrvina
Czech: Zimolez kozí list, Zimolez zahradní
Danish: Ægte Kaprifolie
Dutch: Tuinkamperfoelie
English: Italian woodbine, Italian honeysuckle, Perfoliate honeysuckle, Blue-berried honeysuckle, Haskap berry, Honeyberry, Sweetberry honeysuckle
Estonian: Lõhnav kuslapuu
Finnish: Tuoksuköynnöskuusama
French: Chèvrefeuille des Jardins, Chevrefeuille des jardins
frr: Jelingerjeleewer
Georgian: Ჯიქა
German: Gartengeissblatt, Gartengeißblatt, Echtes Geißblatt, Jelängerjelieber, Wohlriechendes Geißblatt
hsb: Wonjaty kozylist
Hungarian: Jerikói lonc
Icelandic: Vaftoppur
Italian: Caprifoglio comune, Caprofoglio comune
Japanese: セイヨウニンドウ, 西洋忍冬
Latvian: Smaržīgais sausserdis, Kaprifoliju vīteņsausserdis
Lithuanian: Chèvrefeuille des Jardins
Norwegian Bokmål: Kaprifol
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kaprifol, Ekte kaprifol
os: Хæрздæф сæгъысыф
Persian: پیچ امینالدوله
Polish: Wiciokrzew przewiercień
Russian: Каприфоль, Жимолость душистая, Жимолость Каприфоль, Жимолость козья
Serbian: Орлови нокти
Slovak: Zemolez kozí
Slovenian: Kovačnik, Kozji parkeljci, Remesel
Spanish: Madreselva de los Jardines, Madreselva comun, Madreselva común, Madreselva perfoliada
Swedish: Kaprifol, Äkta kaprifol, Chèvrefeuille des Jardins
Ukrainian: Жимолость запашна
Welsh: Gwyddfid trydwll

Synonyms

Caprifolium atropurpureum hort. ex K.Koch
Caprifolium germanicum Delarbre
Caprifolium hortense Lam.
Caprifolium italicum (Mill.) Medik.
Caprifolium magnevilleae hort. ex Dippel
Caprifolium pallidum (Host) Schur
Caprifolium perfoliatum Roehl.
Caprifolium rotundifolium Moench
Caprifolium sylvaticum Lam.
Caprifolium vulgare Medik.
Lonicera pallida Host
Lonicera suavis Salisb.
Periclymenum italicum Mill.
Periclymenum perfoliatum Gray

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 282 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: qvaak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: mnauky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Yj, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Richard Vashalomidze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: nik gaffney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Екатерина Кравцова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.