Caprifoliaceae
Twinberry honeysuckle
Lonicera involucrata
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Lonicera
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Common names
By language (11)
- Chinese
- 总苞忍冬, 總苞忍冬
- Czech
- Zimolez zákrovečný
- English
- Twinberry honeysuckle
- Estonian
- Peitõiene kuslapuu
- Finnish
- Kehtokuusama
- French
- Chèvrefeuille involucré
- Icelandic
- Glótoppur
- Polish
- Wiciokrzew Ledeboura
- Russian
- Жимолость покрывальная
- Swedish
- Skärmtry
- Welsh
- Gwyddfid Califfornia
Synonyms
- Caprifolium flavescens Kuntze
- Caprifolium ledebourii Greene
- Distegia involucrata (Richardson) Rydb.
- Distegia involucrata var. humilis (Koehne ex Rehder) Cockerell
- Distegia nutans Raf.
- Lonicera gibbosa DC.
- Lonicera intermedia Kellogg
- Lonicera involucrata var. flavescens (Dippel) Rehder
- Lonicera involucrata var. involucrata
- Lonicera mociniana DC.
- Xylosteon involucratum Richardson
Flowers
- In flower
- March to July (from 2,891 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: S Boisvert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jeff Lahr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Laura Gaudette, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: lh98, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Nicholas Wei, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Joseph Littlehorn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Aiva Noringseth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.