Putnam Park Wildflowers


Flower ID: IMG_0968.JPG-07-01-2017
Flower name (scientific): Diervilla lonicera Miller PY: 1768. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) deer-VIL-ah loh-NIS-er-ah
Flower name (common): Bush Honeysuckle
Family name (common): Honeysuckle
Family name (scientific): Caprifoliaceae
Scientific name origin:
     Genus: Named by the French botanist Joseph Pitton De Tournefort (1656 – 1708) in honor of Dr. Diereville, a French surgeon, botanist, and travel writer, whose birth and death dates appear to be unknown.
    Specific epithet: Latin for any plant of the genus Lonicera, the honeysuckles, which this species resembles. The genus Lonicera is named in honor of the German botanist Adam Lonicer (1528 - 1586).
Common name origin: The sweet nectar available from the flowers gives rise to the name Honeysuckle. The appearance of the plant gives rise to the other part of the name.
Flower description:
     Size: 0.5 to 0.8 inches (1.3 to 2.0 cm)
     Petal count: 5
     Color: Yellow
     Other: flower arrangement, Cluster-cyme
Plant description: Erect
     Size: 6 to 36 inches (15 to 91 cm)
     Stem hairy: glabrous or glabrate.
     Other:
Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is simple
     Size: Leaves about 5 to 12 cm long and about 2 to 7 cm wide.
     Color: medium to darker green
     Hairy: glabrous or glabrate, occasionally sparsely hairy along the midvein.
     Other: Shape: leaf, Ovate to oblong-lanceolate (MBG)
Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native
Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common
Bloom time (typical): June to July
Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial
Habitat: Woods, thickets, forests, shade or part shade, dry.
Fruit: Greenish colored capsule turning brown with age, about 8 to 13 mm in length.
Seed: Light brown colored, up to about 0.5 mm in length.
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Similar species (if any): Flowers similar to the honeysuckles, genus Lonicera, and can be distinguished from this latter group by having leaves with serrated (toothed) margins, whereas the Lonicera species have leaves that have entire (not toothed) margins.
Ethnobotany: The Menominee employed the root to treat senility and as a mild diuretic (Smith, p. 27, 1923). The Meskwaki used the root in the treatment of gonorrhea and also to prepare a tea for those with blood in their urine (Smith, pp. 206-207, 1928). The Ojibwe used the root as one ingredient in a medicine for urinary problems (Smith, pp. 360, 375, 377, 1932). The Potawatomi prepared a tea from the root and used it as a diuretic and to treat gonorrhoea. The plant was also used as one ingredient in a medicine to treat vertigo (Smith, pp. 40-41, 1933). The Chippewa used this plant to prepare an eyewash and as a medicine for constipation (Gilmore, p. 141, 1933).
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Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood) Click here for distribution map
In US: (AL, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map
In Canada: (LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK) Click here for distribution map
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Basionym: na
Homotypic Synonym(s): na
Heterotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 12 heterotypic synonyms for this species.
Autonym: na
Wetland Status (NC): Not listed
Wetland Status (MW): Not listed