Lonicera pileata
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Lonicera pileata, Oliver. Low, spreading shrub, sometimes prostrate: lvs. evergreen or half-evergreen, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, obtusish, dark green and glossy above, glabrous, ¼ - 11/3 in. long: fls. short-stalked, upright; bracts connate into a cupule inclosing the ovaries; calyx with a cap-like downward production at the base; corolla funnelform, whitish, gibbous at the base, 1/3 in. long, fragrant; stamens exserted: fr. purple, surrounded at the base by the persistent cupula. April, May; fr. in July. Cent, and W. China. B.M. 8060. G.C. III. 35: 243; 47: 236. R.H. 1909, pp. 376, 377. H.I. 16:1585.—Though the fls. are insignificant, the handsome evergreen foliage and the purple frs. render it a desirable shrub; it resembles a small-lvd. privet.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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