Lonicera ligustrina var. yunnanensis Franch.
Common names
hedge honeysuckle
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Green, Yellow
Detailed description
Usually growing as a densely branched shrub with small glossy leaves in opposite pairs; most often trimmed for topiary or hedges. Few records of spontaneously seedlings in New Zealand.
Similar taxa
Sometimes confused with another, but unrelated, hedge and topiary plant, Buxus sempervirens.
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Synonyms
Lonicera nitida
Ecology
Year naturalised
1988
Origin
W. China
Other information
Etymology
yunnanensis: Meaning ‘from Yunnan’, a province in southern China
Referencing and citations
Attribution
Some of this factsheet information is derived from Biota of New Zealand and is used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.