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: ''"Bush Honeysuckle" is also the common name of ''[[Lonicera maackii]]'', a common invasive shrub in the United States and New Zealand.''
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Bush Honeysuckle
| image = Northern_bush_honeysuckle.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Northern bush honeysuckle
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Dipsacales]]
| familia = [[Caprifoliaceae]]
| genus = '''''Diervilla'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''Bush Honeysuckle''' (''Diervilla'') is genus of three species of [[deciduous]] [[shrub]]s in the family Caprifoliaceae, all indigenous to eastern [[North America]]. The genus is named after a [[France|French]] surgeon Dr. Dierville, who introduced the plant to [[Europe]] around 1700.
The bush honeysuckles are low in height (1-2 m), of small to medium diameter (1-2 m), and develop into [[clonal colony|colonies]] by means of spreading underground [[rhizome]]s. Their [[leaf|leaves]] are simple, opposite and either oval or lanceolate in shape with a toothed edge. The [[Autumn|fall]] color varies between yellow, orange and red. Small tubular [[flower]]s, typically pale yellow, are produced in June and July.
;Species
*''[[Diervilla sessilifolia]]'' – '''Southern bush honeysuckle'''
*''[[Diervilla lonicera]]'' – '''Northern bush honeysuckle''' (other names Low bush honeysuckle, Dwarf bush honeysuckle, Yellow-flowered upright honeysuckle)
*''[[Diervilla rivularis]]'' – '''Mountain bush honeysuckle''' (other names Georgia bush honeysuckle, Hairy bush honeysuckle)
Other species formerly included in ''Diervilla'' are now treated in the genus ''[[Weigela]]''. The bush honeysuckles are commonly confused with the common wild honeysuckle (''Lonicera tartarica''), or the [[Japanese honeysuckle]] (''Lonicera japonica''), both members of the closely related genus ''[[Lonicera]]''.
The British ''Diervilla'' national collection is held at [[Sheffield Botanical Gardens]]; along with the national collection of the closely related ''[[Weigela]]'' genus.[http://www.sbg.org.uk/diervilla.asp]
''Diervilla'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Common Emerald]] and [[Engrailed|The Engrailed]].
==References==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=DILO USDA Plants Profile: ''Diervilla lonicera'']
==External links==
*[http://www.sbg.org.uk/diervilla.asp British national collection at Sheffield Botanical Gardens]
[[Category:Caprifoliaceae]]
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Bush Honeysuckle
| image = Northern_bush_honeysuckle.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Northern bush honeysuckle
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Dipsacales]]
| familia = [[Caprifoliaceae]]
| genus = '''''Diervilla'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''Bush Honeysuckle''' (''Diervilla'') is genus of three species of [[deciduous]] [[shrub]]s in the family Caprifoliaceae, all indigenous to eastern [[North America]]. The genus is named after a [[France|French]] surgeon Dr. Dierville, who introduced the plant to [[Europe]] around 1700.
The bush honeysuckles are low in height (1-2 m), of small to medium diameter (1-2 m), and develop into [[clonal colony|colonies]] by means of spreading underground [[rhizome]]s. Their [[leaf|leaves]] are simple, opposite and either oval or lanceolate in shape with a toothed edge. The [[Autumn|fall]] color varies between yellow, orange and red. Small tubular [[flower]]s, typically pale yellow, are produced in June and July.
;Species
*''[[Diervilla sessilifolia]]'' – '''Southern bush honeysuckle'''
*''[[Diervilla lonicera]]'' – '''Northern bush honeysuckle''' (other names Low bush honeysuckle, Dwarf bush honeysuckle, Yellow-flowered upright honeysuckle)
*''[[Diervilla rivularis]]'' – '''Mountain bush honeysuckle''' (other names Georgia bush honeysuckle, Hairy bush honeysuckle)
Other species formerly included in ''Diervilla'' are now treated in the genus ''[[Weigela]]''. The bush honeysuckles are commonly confused with the common wild honeysuckle (''Lonicera tartarica''), or the [[Japanese honeysuckle]] (''Lonicera japonica''), both members of the closely related genus ''[[Lonicera]]''.
The British ''Diervilla'' national collection is held at [[Sheffield Botanical Gardens]]; along with the national collection of the closely related ''[[Weigela]]'' genus.[http://www.sbg.org.uk/diervilla.asp]
''Diervilla'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Common Emerald]] and [[Engrailed|The Engrailed]].
==References==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=DILO USDA Plants Profile: ''Diervilla lonicera'']
==External links==
*[http://www.sbg.org.uk/diervilla.asp British national collection at Sheffield Botanical Gardens]
[[Category:Caprifoliaceae]]