Lonicera ciliosa
Common name:
Western Trumpet Honeysuckle
Orange Honeysuckle
Pronunciation:
lon-ISS-er-a sill-ee-OH-suh
Family:
Caprifoliaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
Yes
- Broadleaf, deciduous, climbing vine, it may reach a height of 20 ft (6 m); hollow stems. Leaves opposite, simple, oval, 4-10 cm, green above and with a whitish bloom below, margins are smooth (entire) but have fine hairs, the terminal pair of leaves on a stem are joined to form a disk. Flowers in clusters above the disk-leaf, orange-yellow, narrow trumpet shape, 2-4 cm long. Fruit a 1 cm spheroid, translucent orange-red, containing several seed.
- Sun to shade, best in acidic, dry to moist, well-drainend soil
- Hardy to USDA Zone 4 Native range from British Columbia south to Oregon, Washington (especially east of the Cascades) to California and east to Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Arizona
- Corvallis, found in OSU's McDonald Forest
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