Box-leaved Honeysuckle
Box-leaved Honeysuckle leaves
Side view of flowers
Flowers with stamens and stiles
Anthers and stigma
Berries in September
Lonicera pileata
Caprifoliaceae
April to May
It is widely planted as hedging and ground-cover in
gardens, parks and hospital car parks throughout
the country.
The naturalised escape is thinly scattered, but is
locally common.
See the BSBI distribution map for Box-leaved Honeysuckle
It is a neophite from China and was introduced to the UK
in 1900 and first noted in the wild in the late 1950s.
It is spread by birds and as garden throw-outs and has
become naturalised in quarries, cracks in concrete and
woods, and by roads.
It is increasing.
Box-leaved Honeysuckle is an evergreen shrub growing
up to 1.5m.
Flowers are pale yellow and bigger (up to 8mm) than
in the similar Wilson's Honeysuckle).
The stamens protrude and are also cream.
The fruits are dark purple-black berries.
Leaves are longer (1 to 2cm), more pointed and ofen
yellower than in Wilson's Honeysuckle (also used in
hedging and topiary).
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Box-leaved Honeysuckle leaves
Side view of flowers
Flowers with stamens and stiles
Anthers and stigma
Berries in September
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