Caprifoliaceae
Sweet breath of spring
Lonicera fragrantissima
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Lonicera
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Common names
By language (12)
- Armenian
- Ցախակեռաս բուրումնավետ
- Azerbaijani
- Ətirli doqquzdon
- Chinese
- 郁香忍冬, 鬱香忍冬, 大金银花, 四月红, 苦糖果
- Czech
- Zimolez vonný
- English
- Sweet breath of spring
- French
- Chèvrefeuille d'hiver, Chèvrefeuille très parfumé
- Georgian
- Სურნელოვანი ცხრატყავა
- German
- Wohlriechende Heckenkirsche, Duft-Heckenkirsche, Winter-Geißblatt, Winter-Heckenkirsche
- hsb
- Lubowonity kozylist
- Icelandic
- Ilmtoppur
- Russian
- Жимолость душистейшая
- Swedish
- Dofttry, Vårtry
Synonyms
- Abelia splendens hort. ex K.Koch
- Caprifolium fragrantissimum Kuntze
- Caprifolium standishii (Jacques) Kuntze
- Chamaecerasus niagerilli hort. ex Dippel
- Lonicera caprifolioides K.Koch
- Lonicera fragrantissima subsp. fragrantissima
- Lonicera fragrantissima var. fragrantissima
- Lonicera mamillaris Rehder
- Lonicera odoratissima Lindl.
- Lonicera pseudoproterantha Pamp.
- Lonicera pseudoproterantha var. intermedia Pamp.
- Lonicera pseudoproterantha var. longifolia Pamp.
- Lonicera standishii Carrière
- Lonicera standishii f. lancifolia Rehder
- Lonicera standishii var. monbeigii W.W.Sm.
- Xylosteon fragrantissimum Small
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, 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.