Caprifoliaceae
Limber honeysuckle
Lonicera dioica
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Lonicera
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 东方忍冬
- English
- Limber honeysuckle
- Finnish
- Kevätköynnöskuusama
- Icelandic
- Grátoppur
Synonyms
- Caprifolium bracteosum Michx.
- Caprifolium dioicum Roem. & Schult.
- Caprifolium glaucescens (Rydb.) Nieuwl. & Lunell
- Caprifolium glaucum Moench
- Caprifolium parviflorum Pursh
- Lonicera dioica f. dioica
- Lonicera dioica var. dasygyna (Rehder) Gleason
- Lonicera dioica var. orientalis Gleason
- Lonicera epsomiensis hort. ex K.Koch
- Lonicera glaucescens (Rydb.) Rydb.
- Lonicera glaucescens var. dasygyna Rehder
- Lonicera macrophylla hort. ex Dippel
- Lonicera marylandica hort. ex Dippel
- Lonicera media Murray
- Lonicera ovata Raf.
- Lonicera parviflora Lam.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Christine Young, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan MacNeal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sarah Vermaak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Dwarf honeysuckleLonicera xylosteumCaprifoliaceae
- Tatarian honeysuckleLonicera tataricaCaprifoliaceae
- Etruscan honeysuckleLonicera etruscaCaprifoliaceae
- Lonicera nigraCaprifoliaceae
- Alpine honeysuckleLonicera alpigenaCaprifoliaceae
- Evergreen honeysuckleLonicera implexaCaprifoliaceae
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- Amur honeysuckleLonicera maackiiCaprifoliaceae
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.