Lonicera americana

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Read about Lonicera americana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Lonicera americana, Koch (Periclymenum americanum, Mill. L. italica, Schmidt. L.etrusca, Hort. L. Caprifolium, Auth.). Climbing: lvs. broadly oval to oblong- obovate, the upper connate, glabrous, 2-4 in. long; the upper whorls without connate lvs. at the base, somewhat crowded: fls. yellowish, usually purple outside and glabrous, fragrant, to 2 in. long; bractlets about half as long as ovary, smaller on the upper fls. June-Aug. Probably hybrid of L. etrusca and L. Caprifolium, much cult., mostly under the name of the latter, and sometimes escaped from cult. Gn. 45, p. 307 (as L. etrusca and L. Caprifolium); 54, p. 26. F.S. 11:1120 (as L. Caprifolium major). Var. rubella, Rehd. (L. Caprifolium var. rubella, Tausch). Fls. purple outside. Var. atrosanguinea, Rehd. (L. atrosanguinea, Carr.). Fls. dark purple outside.


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