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. |