Lonicera ciliosa
Orange honeysuckle
Family – Caprifoliacea
Blooms late spring-early summer
Perennial
Grows 6-18 feet tall
Found in west side facing forests; sea level to 5500 feet.
Leaves are deciduous, opposite, green above, whiteish below egg-shaped to oval 1-4 inches long.
Flowers are held in short, dense, whorled spiked beyond fused leaves at ends of stems. Petal coloration is orange trumpet shaped, with 5 lobes, stamens and stigma protruding.
Small orange-red berries.
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