Lonicera dioica (Twining Honeysuckle) - photos and description
General: Twining plants with woody older stems.
Flowers: Showy, yellow or orange in colour, tubular, growing in terminal clusters. We measured a flower at 23 mm long.
Leaves: Most leaves are opposite, obovate to oval, and have short petioles. We measured a large leaf at 9.5 cm long by 5.5 cm wide. The last one or two pairs of leaves nearest the stem tips are joined at their bases forming a cup around the stem and/or at the base of flower clusters. Leaves are hairless on top, pubescent below.
Height: Height (or stem length) not given in Budd's Flora, we've measured plants to 185 cm tall.
Habitat: Woodlands.
Abundance: Common.
Origin: Native.
When and where photographed: The above photos where taken in open woods, Roche Percee, about 225 km southeast of Regina, SK, and June 25th, aspen woods, Parklands, about 70 km southeast of our home in Regina, SK.