Caprifoliaceae
Dwarf honeysuckle
Lonicera xylosteum
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Lonicera
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Common names
By language (36)
- Arabic
- ضريمة الجدي الدغلية, صريمة الجدي الدغلية
- Armenian
- Ցախակեռաս սովորական, Ցախակեռաս անտառային
- arz
- لونيسيرا اكزيلوستيوم
- Asturian
- Cereciellu
- azb
- عادی دوققوزدون
- Azerbaijani
- Adi doqquzdon
- ba
- Айыу баланы
- Belarusian
- Бружмель звычайны
- Bulgarian
- Мъхнат нокът
- Catalan
- Xuclamel xilosti
- Chinese
- 硬骨忍冬
- Czech
- Zimolez obecný, Zimolez obecný, zimolez pýřitý
- Danish
- Dunet Gedeblad
- Dutch
- Rode kamperfoelie
- English
- Dwarf honeysuckle, Fly honeysuckle
- Estonian
- Harilik kuslapuu
- Finnish
- Lehtokuusama
- French
- Camérisier, Camérisier des haies, Camérisier à balais, Chevrefeuille des haies
- frr
- Ruad haagekäärs
- German
- Rote Heckenkirsche, Gemeine Heckenkirsche
- hsb
- Płótny kozylist
- Hungarian
- Ükörkelonc
- Icelandic
- Dúntoppur
- Italian
- Caprifoglio peloso, Gisilostio, Xilostio
- kbd
- АнтӀырэ
- Lithuanian
- Paprastasis sausmedis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Leddved
- os
- Æцæг сæгъысыф
- Polish
- Wiciokrzew pospolity, Suchodrzew pospolity, Wiciokrzew suchodrzew, Wiciokrzew suchokrzew
- Russian
- Жимолость настоящая, Жимолость лесная, Жимолость обыкновенная
- sgs
- Sausvėidis
- Slovak
- Zemolez obyčajný
- Slovenian
- Puhastolistno kosteničevje
- Spanish
- Cerecillo de Europa, Madreselva de bosque, Madreselva de las hayas, Madreselva pelosa, Manetas de Dios
- Swedish
- Skogstry, Bentry
- Welsh
- Gwyddfid syth
Synonyms
- Caprifolium dumetorum Lam.
- Caprifolium xylosteum Gaertn.
- Chamaecerasus dumetorum Delarbre
- Chamaecerasus xylosteum Medik.
- Euchylia villosa Dulac
- Lonicera dumetorum Pers.
- Lonicera ochroleuca St.-Lag.
- Lonicera rubra Gilib.
- Xylosteon dumetorum Moench
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 950 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Evgenij Samarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jono, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alena Shindyapkina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: ahabo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: kristinpiston, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Хомелка, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Lonicera
- European honeysuckleLonicera periclymenumCaprifoliaceae
- Italian woodbineLonicera caprifoliumCaprifoliaceae
- Japanese honeysuckleLonicera japonicaCaprifoliaceae
- Sweetberry honeysuckleLonicera caeruleaCaprifoliaceae
- Tatarian honeysuckleLonicera tataricaCaprifoliaceae
- Etruscan honeysuckleLonicera etruscaCaprifoliaceae
- Lonicera nigraCaprifoliaceae
- Alpine honeysuckleLonicera alpigenaCaprifoliaceae
- Evergreen honeysuckleLonicera implexaCaprifoliaceae
- Twinberry honeysuckleLonicera involucrataCaprifoliaceae
- Amur honeysuckleLonicera maackiiCaprifoliaceae
- Sweet breath of springLonicera fragrantissimaCaprifoliaceae
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.