Seasonal Wild Flowers

Himalayan Honeysuckle

Leycesteria formosa

Caprifoliacae

Flowering Nutmeg, Pheasant berry

June to September

It is found throughout the country but is most common in

the South, Southwest and Southeast

See the BSBI distribution map for Himalayan Honeysuckle

It is a naturalised garden escape in woodland, hedgerows

and on waste ground.

It is a neophyte which has been grown in the UK since the

1820s and known in the wild since the early 1900s.

It is increasing and was listed as an invasive alien by the

Royal Horticultural Society in 2013.

Himalayan Honeysuckle is adeciduous shrub, growing

up to 2m.

The flowers are in a dangling spike.

The 5 petals are white and partially hidden by purple-

green, leaf-like bracts.

The style is longer than the stamens.

Fruits are bright red-purple berries.

Leaves are opposite, oval and long pointed

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Himalayan Honeysuckle by a path

Flower spikes

Petals, anthers and stigma

Protruding anthers and stigma

Fruits- berries

Leaves