Caprifoliaceae

Utah honeysuckle

Lonicera utahensis S.Watson

Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Lonicera

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Utah honeysuckle: Utah Honeysuckle, Rocky Mountain Honeysuckle — Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Utah honeysuckle
Icelandic: Baugatoppur

Synonyms

Caprifolium utahense Kuntze
Lonicera ebractulata Rydb.
Lonicera utahensis f. ebractulata (Rydb.) H.St.John
Xylosteon ebractulatum (Rydb.) Rydb.
Xylosteon utahensis Howell

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.

Photos

Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 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.