Caprifoliaceae

Pink honeysuckle

Lonicera hispidula (Lindl.) Douglas ex Torr. & A.Gray

Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Lonicera

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Pink honeysuckle (Lonicera hispidula) — FlowerPhoto: Corvi Zeman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Pink honeysuckle
Spanish: Madreselva rosa

Synonyms

Caprifolium subspicatum (Hook. & Arn.) Greene
Lonicera chaetocarpa (Batalin ex Rehder) Rehder
Lonicera hispidula var. douglasii A.Gray

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Corvi Zeman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kieran Hanrahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Joyce Cory on Flickr as docentjoyce, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chuck Wilson, CC0, 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.