CAPRIFOLIACEAE

Lonicera sempervirens

Common Name:  Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle

Go to BIO 406D homepage

Lonicera sempervirens flowers1.jpg (45364 bytes)
flowers--is this flower actinomorphic or zygomorphic?  Are the petals fused or free? flowers again--does this plant have superior or inferior ovaries?

Lonicera sempervirens flowersleaves.jpg (50778 bytes)

Lonicera sempervirens perfoliate.jpg (29227 bytes)
flowers and leaves (always opposite in Lonicera!);   in this species the leaves immediately below the inflorescence are fused at their bases (resulting in a leaf arrangement called perfoliate) young fruits and perfoliate leaves immediately below

 
habit--like many other Lonicera species, L. sempervirens is a vine