Caprifoliaceae
Yellow honeysuckle
Lonicera flava
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Lonicera
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Common names
By language (4)
- Belarusian
- Бружмель жоўты
- Chinese
- 橙黃忍冬, 橙黄忍冬
- English
- Yellow honeysuckle
- Icelandic
- Glóðartoppur
Synonyms
- Caprifolium flavum (Sims) Elliott
- Caprifolium fraseri Pursh
- Lonicera flava var. flavescens Gleason
- Lonicera fraseri Poit.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: florawhite, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Hill Craddock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Timothy Gerla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Francis Groeters, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Francis Groeters, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Lonicera
- European honeysuckleLonicera periclymenumCaprifoliaceae
- Italian woodbineLonicera caprifoliumCaprifoliaceae
- Japanese honeysuckleLonicera japonicaCaprifoliaceae
- Sweetberry honeysuckleLonicera caeruleaCaprifoliaceae
- Dwarf honeysuckleLonicera xylosteumCaprifoliaceae
- Tatarian honeysuckleLonicera tataricaCaprifoliaceae
- Etruscan honeysuckleLonicera etruscaCaprifoliaceae
- Lonicera nigraCaprifoliaceae
- Alpine honeysuckleLonicera alpigenaCaprifoliaceae
- Evergreen honeysuckleLonicera implexaCaprifoliaceae
- Twinberry honeysuckleLonicera involucrataCaprifoliaceae
- 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.