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Lonicera subspicata (southern honeysuckle)

Synonyms: Lonicera hispidula var. subspicata (homotypic); Lonicera interrupta var. subspicata (homotypic); Lonicera subspicata var. subspicata

Wikipedia Abstract

Lonicera subspicata is a species of honeysuckle known by the common name southern honeysuckle. It is endemic to California, where it is known from several areas in mountain and coastal habitat, particularly chaparral. It is a vining shrub which usually climbs on other plants for support. It may exceed two meters in length. It is lined with oval leaves up to 4 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a long, fuzzy spike of light yellow flowers each about a centimeter long. The flower has an upper and lower lip with hairy stamens and style protruding. The fruit is a round red or yellow berry just under a centimeter wide. There are at least two varieties; var. subspicata is mainly limited to Santa Barbara County.
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Infraspecies

Lonicera subspicata var. denudata (Santa Barbara honeysuckle)
Lonicera subspicata var. johnstonii (Johnston's honeysuckle)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Vine

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve 5901 California, United States  
Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center 6101 California, United States
San Dimas Biosphere Reserve 17161 California, United States  

Predators

Behrensia conchiformis[3]
Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing)[3]
Pleromelloida cinerea (Ashy Pleromelloida)[3]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0