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Lonicera morrowii<br />

Morrow’s honeysuckle LOMO2<br />

Form: Deciduous, upright, arch<strong>in</strong>g-branched shrub up <strong>to</strong> 10<br />

ft (3 m) tall. Twigs pubescent, typically hollow.<br />

Leaves: Opposite, simple, ovate <strong>to</strong> elliptical <strong>to</strong> oval, marg<strong>in</strong>s<br />

entire, apex obtuse <strong>to</strong> acute; ±densely pubescent over <strong>the</strong><br />

whole undersurface. Sometimes persistent <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> w<strong>in</strong>ter.<br />

Flowers/fruit: Flowers paired <strong>in</strong> leaf axils; white turn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

yellow with age; on long peduncles, ~½ <strong>in</strong>. (5-15 mm), outer<br />

surface of corolla with scattered hairs. Fruit generally a<br />

red or yellow berry. See Appendix B for a comparison of<br />

<strong>nonnative</strong> species.<br />

Habitat: Open forests, forest edge, pastures, roadsides,<br />

fields.<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r dist<strong>in</strong>guish<strong>in</strong>g features/notes: Generally speak<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

<strong>the</strong> shrub<strong>by</strong> native forms of Lonicera have white solid pith.<br />

The <strong>nonnative</strong> forms have dark usually hollow pith. In <strong>the</strong><br />

NRS region, <strong>the</strong> most commonly encountered <strong>nonnative</strong><br />

species are L. tatarica and <strong>the</strong> hybrid L. x bella (a hybrid of<br />

L. morrowii and L. tatarica).<br />

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