Wild plants in and around Shimane 島根とその周辺の野生植物

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Lonicera gracilipes var. glabra / Uguisukagura ウグイスカグラ

Bloom time: April-May

   
Family:
 
Carprifoliaceae /
Suikazuraka


 

Species in the genus Lonicera:


Lonicera gracilipes var. glabra / Uguisukagura
Lonicera japonica / Suikazura
Lonicera vidalii / Oninohyoutanboku

 

   

Lonicera gracilipes var. glabra / Uguisukagura ウグイスカグラ

   

Lonicera gracilipes var. glabra, a deciduous shrub with gray-brown bark, inhabits sunny forests in fields and mountains. Leaves are of opposite phyllotaxis; blades are 3-6cm long, 2-4cm wide, in the shape of a broad oblong to obovate, with generally no hairs on both sides and the backsides are green-white. 1 to 2cm long fine peduncles emerge from axils on branch tips on which single or occasionally two light red flowers are facing downward; flower heads measure 1-2cm long, funnel-shaped, with tips cleft in five, and the lobes open flat. Sap fruit is 1-1.5cm long, oblong-shaped, and ripens in red in June. Bloom time: April-May.

   
                     
                     
                     

SPRING #6

 

 

inserted by FC2 system