Lonicera pileata
Evergreen creep Honeysuckle ( Lonicera pileata )
The Evergreen creep Honeysuckle ( Lonicera pileata ) is a small shrub with fragrant, 7 to 8 millimeters large flowers from the family of Honeysuckle ( Caprifoliaceae ). The natural range is in China. It is very often used because of the decorative berries as an ornamental plant.
Description
The Evergreen creeping honeysuckle is an evergreen, Spreading to 0.5 to 1, rarely 1.5 meters tall shrub with thin, non-hollow branches and hairy stems. The leaves are arranged in two rows and short-stalked. The leaf blade is simple, ovate to oblong- lanceolate, 5-40 mm long and 4-15 mm wide, with a blunt or rounded blade tip and wedge base. The upper leaf surface is dark green and glossy, the underside is lighter and hairy sparingly along the central nerve or bald.
The fragrant flowers grow in axillary pairs on short stalks. The bracts are subulate and about as long as the ovary. The bracteoles are fused cup-shaped. The pale yellow corolla is funnel-shaped, 7-8 mm long and hairy inside and out. The coronary band is regular, the corolla tube much longer than the bumpy and hem. The stamens and the style tower above the coronary band significantly. As fruit spherical, 5 mm by measuring, purple-violet in fruit ripening berries are formed. The Evergreen creeping honeysuckle flowers in May and June.
Dissemination
The natural range is located in Central and Western China The Evergreen creeping honeysuckle grows in cool moist woods, thickets and hedges, on moderately dry to moderately moist, slightly acidic to alkaline, not too fertile soil in light shade, cool to cold locations. The species is moderately frost hardy. The distribution area is the hardiness zone 6b associated with mean annual minimum temperatures -20.5 to -17.8 ° C ( -5 ° to 0 ° F).
System
The Evergreen creep Honeysuckle ( Lonicera pileata ) is a species of the genus honeysuckle ( Lonicera ) in the family of Honeysuckle ( Caprifoliaceae ). There, the genus of the subfamily Capri Folio ideae is assigned. The species was described in 1887 by Daniel Oliver first time scientifically. The genus name Lonicera is reminiscent of the German mathematician, physician and botanist Adam Lonitzer (Latin Lonicerus ). The specific epithet is pileata late latin and hot as much as " a felt cap -supporting".
Use
The Evergreen creeping honeysuckle is often used because of the decorative fruits as ornamental plants.