Lonicera conjugialis

Double honeysuckle

Family: Caprifoliaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Double honeysuckle is a California native shrub found in northwestern California, the Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, and Modoc Plateau in streambanks, moist conifer forests, and open rocky slopes at elevations of 140 to 3,300 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces dark red flowers in paired arrangements with strongly two-lipped corollas 4 to 7 millimeters long. Growing with erect, slender stems 60 to 180 centimeters tall that are lightly downy, it develops a delicate branching structure. Its leaves are elliptic to round, 2 to 8 centimeters long with bases that taper and rounded to pointed tips. The fruit consists of bright red, translucent paired berries 6 to 8 millimeters long that are fused together for more than half their length.

Habitat: Streambanks, moist places in conifer forest, open rocky slopes, talus

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 140-3300 m

Bioregions: NW, CaR, SN, MP

California counties: Tulare, Inyo, Fresno, El Dorado, Nevada, Tuolumne, Placer, Siskiyou, Humboldt, Lassen, Sierra, Mariposa, Butte, Shasta, Modoc, Madera, Amador, Alpine, Del Norte, Plumas, Tehama, Glenn, Trinity, Calaveras, San Bernardino, Mono

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.