Lonicera xylosteum

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Read about Lonicera xylosteum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Lonicera xylosteum, Linn. Fig. 2202. Shrub, to 10 ft.: lvs.broadly oval to obovate, acute, dull green, sparingly pubescent above or glabrous, more densely pubescent beneath, rarely nearly glabrous, 1-2 ½ in. long: fls. peduncled, yellowish white, often slightly tinged red, hairy outside; bractlets pubescent, suborbicular, about half as high as ovary: berries dark red. May, June; fr. in Aug., Sept. Eu., W. and N. Asia, sometimes escaped from cult. B.B. (ed. 2) 3:282. H.W. 3, p. 127.—Not so ornamental as most allied species.


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