Lonicera involucrata

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 Lonicera involucrata subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Lonicera involucrata, Banks (Distegia involucrata, Cockerell). Shrub, to 3 feet, with upright branches, glabrous or somewhat pubescent: leaves ellipticovate to oblong-lanceolate, bright green, slightly pubescent beneath when young, 2-5 inches long: flowers erect, long-peduncled; corolla yellowish or slightly tinged red, viscid, pubescent, with short erect lobes, about ½ inch long; stamens as long as limb: berries black, shining, almost inclosed by the enlarged purple bractlets. May-July. Ontario to Alaska, south to Mexico.

Var. flavescens, Rehd. (L. flavescens, Dipp.). Leaves light green, thin, oblong- or ovate- lanceolate, 3-5 inches long: corolla less gibbous, yellowish. Brit. Col. to Wyo. and UtahCH.

Var. serotina, Koehne. Leaves oblong-ovate to oblong: corolla flushed bright scarlet. June-Aug. Colo. A very striking variety on account of its brightly colored flowersCH.

Var. humilis, Koehne. Dwarfer and with smaller leavesCH.


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