Lonicera sempervirens Linnaeus. Common name: Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle. Phenology: Mar-Jul (and sporadically to Nov); Jul-Sep. Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, maritime forests. Distribution: CT to OH and OK, south to c. peninsular FL and TX; and more widely distributed as an escape from cultivation.

ID notes: Readily distinguished by its glabrous stems and usually conspicuously glaucous leaves (the stems sometimes glandular but lacking obvious brown hairs like in L. japonica).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Var. hirsutula has sometimes been maintained, differing from var. sempervirens in its ciliate leaf margins, pubescent upper leaf surfaces, sometimes glandular hypanthia and stems (vs. glabrous); it is doubtful that these distinctions are taxonomically meaningful.

Other Comments: The leaves of this species persist through winter, with newly emergent (often clumped and more linear-lanceolate) flushes of leaves often visible in milder winters.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Fl7, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, Mo2, NcTx, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Ferguson (1966a); = Phenianthus sempervirens (L.) Raf. — S; > Lonicera sempervirens L. var. hirsutula Rehder — C, F, G, Rehder (1903); > Lonicera sempervirens L. var. minor Aiton — F; > Lonicera sempervirens L. var. sempervirens — C, F, G, NE, Rehder (1903). Basionym: Lonicera sempervirens L. 1753

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
• Great Plains: FAC
• Midwest: FACU
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 6