Caprifoliaceae
Tatarian honeysuckle
Lonicera tatarica
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Lonicera
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- عسلة تتارية
- Armenian
- Ցախակեռաս թաթարական
- arz
- عسله تتاريه
- Azerbaijani
- Tatar doqquzdonu
- Belarusian
- Бружмель татарскі
- Bulgarian
- Татарски орлови нокти
- Chinese
- 新疆忍冬, 桃色忍冬, 苦糖果, 小花忍冬
- Czech
- Zimolez tatarský
- Danish
- Tatarisk Gedeblad
- Dutch
- Tartaarse kamperfoelie
- English
- Tatarian honeysuckle
- Estonian
- Tatari kuslapuu
- Finnish
- Rusokuusama
- French
- Clématite de Tartarie, Chèvrefeuille de Tartarie
- German
- Tataren-Heckenkirsche
- hsb
- Tatarski kozylist
- Icelandic
- Rauðtoppur
- Kazakh
- Татар ұшқаты
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tatarleddved
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Tatarleddved
- Polish
- Wiciokrzew tatarski
- Russian
- Жимолость татарская
- Slovak
- Zemolez tatársky
- Slovenian
- Tatarsko kosteničje
- Swedish
- Rosentry
- Turkish
- Tatar hanımeli
- Ukrainian
- Жимолость татарська
Synonyms
- Caprifolium tataricum (L.) Kuntze
- Chamaecerasus tatarica (L.) Medik.
- Lonicera angustata Wender.
- Lonicera karataviensis Pavlov
- Lonicera parvifolia Hayne
- Lonicera splendens J.L.Budd.
- Lonicera tatarica f. tatarica
- Lonicera tatarica var. albiflora DC.
- Lonicera tatarica var. micrantha Trautv.
- Lonicera tatarica var. puberula Regel & Winkl.
- Lonicera tatarica var. rubriflora DC.
- Lonicera tatarica var. tatarica
- Xylosteon cordatum Moench
- Xylosteon tartaricum (L.) Medik.
- Xylosteon tataricum Michx.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 938 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rajan Rao, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bailey Duncan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Benoit Renaud, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paul Roots, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.