Flower ID: IMG_0400.JPG-05-19-2017 Flower name (scientific): Lonicera morrowii A. Gray PY: 1857. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) loh-NIS-er-a (or lon-ISS-er-a or loh-NIS-er-ah) mor-ROW-ee-eye Flower name (common): Morrow's Honeysuckle Family name (common): Honeysuckle Family name (scientific): Caprifoliaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: Named in honor of Adam Lonitzer (1528-1586), a German botanist, herbalist, and physician. Specific epithet: Named by Professor Asa Gray, 19th century American botanist, who was sent a specimen of this plant collected by Dr. James Morrow, while on a trip to Japan in the early 1860s. Common name origin: Reflects the collertor's name and the common family name. Honeysuckle is a term used for plants rich in nectar and resembling the common honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum. Flower description: Size: 0.7 to 1.0 inches (1.8 to 2.5 cm) Petal count: 2 lips, the upper lip has four lobes, the central two lobes are fused at the base, giving the appearance of 5 petals. Color: white Other: flower arrangement, Raceme Plant description: Erect shrub. Size: 60 to 144 inches (1.5 to 3.7 m) Stem hairy: moderately to densely pubescent. Other: Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is simple. Leaves have a short petiole and the margins are entire. Size: Leaves up to 5 to 7 cm long and about 2.5 cm wide. Color: medium green upper surface, whitish-green on the lower surface Hairy: both surfaces finely pubescent Other: Shape: leaf, oblong-ovate or oblong-lanceolate (IL) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced - naturalized, ecologically invasive. On the Wisconsin restricted plant list. Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): May to June Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Woodlands, fields, forests, thickets, roadsides, sun or part shade. Fruit: Red colored berry, about 6 to 8 mm in diameter. Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian Honeysuckle) and Lonicera maackii (Amur Honeysuckle) both have some resemblance to Lonicera morrowii. Lonicera tatarica usually has pink flowers, but sometimes white flowers, and is glabrous or nearly so. Lonicera morrowii has white flowers, leaves and stems hairy, and leaves with a somewhat blunt tip. Lonicera maackii has white flowers, leaves and stems hairy, and leaves with a slender and elongated tip. There is also a hybrid species Lonicera × bella (Bell's Honeysuckle, Showy Honeysuckle) with pink flowers that is rather widespread in Wisconsin. Lonicera × bella is an hybrid between L. morrowii and L. tatarica with characteristics between the latter two species. Ethnobotany: Latitude: Longitude: Altitude: Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Bayfield, Brown, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Door, Douglas, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Iron, Jefferson, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Manitowoc, Marquette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Polk, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sawyer, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca) Click here for distribution map In US: (AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (NB, ON, QC, SK) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 3 homotypic synonyms for this species. Heterotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 5 heterotypic synonyms for this species. Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): FACU Wetland Status (MW): FACU