Please note: this image contains two plants.
In the foreground are Japanese Honeysuckle leaves:
• Lonicera japonica
• Perennial
• Trailing woody vine
• Reaches up to 30 feet in length
• Nonnative to region
• Simple, opposite leaf formation
• Evergreen leaves
• Fragrant flowers white or yellow
• Flowers born in pairs in the axils of young branches
• Fruit is a many seeded, black, pulpy berry that matures in autumn
• Grows in disturbed habitats like roadsides and heavily used trails
In the background are buds from our native and state flower, the Carolina Yellow Jessamine.
