Lonicera tragophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Lonicera
Species:
L. tragophylla
Binomial name
Lonicera tragophylla
Synonyms
  • Lonicera harmsii[1]
  • Caprifolium tragophyllum[3]

Lonicera tragophylla, the Chinese honeysuckle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to Central China, where it inhabits forest, scrub and rocky crevices.[4] Growing to 6 m (20 ft) tall by 1.5 m (4.9 ft) wide, it is a deciduous climbing shrub with grey-green leaves and trumpet-shaped, pure rich yellow flowers in late summer and autumn. Unlike many of its relatives in the honeysuckle genus Lonicera, it is unscented.

The Latin specific epithet tragophylla means literally “goat leaf”.[5]

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lonicera tragophylla". The Plant List. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "!Lonicera tragophylla Hemsl". Tropicos. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Caprifolium tragophyllum (Hemsl.) Kuntze". Tropicos. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "57. Lonicera tragophylla Hemsley, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 367. 1888". Flora of China. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
  6. ↑ "RHS Plantfinder - Lonicera tragophylla". Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 61. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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