Lonicera caprifolium

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Read about Lonicera caprifolium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Lonicera caprifolium, Linn. (Caprifolium hortense, Lam. C. perfoliatum, Roehl. L. pallida, Host). Fig. 2209. Climbing: lvs.oval to oblong, the upper connate into a roundish cup, almost glabrous, 2-4 in. long: whorls usually 2 or 3, each in the axils of connate lvs.: fls. yellowish white, often slightly purplish outside and slightly hairy, to 2 in. long, fragrant; bractlets very small or none. May, June. Cent. Eu. to W.Asia. B. B. (ed. 2) 3:278. H.W.3,p. 129.— Sometimes escaped from cult. Var. alba, Ait. (L. praecox, Hort.). Fls. white. Var. pauciflora, Carr. (L. Caprifolium rubra, Tausch, not Weston). Fls. purple outside.


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