Caprifoliaceae

Showy fly honeysuckle

Lonicera × bella Zabel

Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Lonicera

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Showy fly honeysuckle: Lonicera × bella Zabel [morrowii × tatarica] - Bell's honeysuckle, Showy fly honeysuckle — Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Showy fly honeysuckle

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.