Wild Honeysuckle
Lonicera Hispidula, Dougl. Honeysuckle Family
Woody; climbing and twining. Leaves.—Opposite; short-petioled; oval; pale; one to three inches long; the upper pairs uniting around the stem. Flowers.—Pink; in spikes of several whorls. Calyx.—Minute; growing to the ovary; border five-toothed. Corolla.—Tubular; six lines to an inch long; bilabiate; the lips strongly revolute; the upper four-lobed, the lower entire. Stamens.—Five; much exserted. Ovary.—Two- or three-celled. Style slender. Stigma capitate. Berries.—Scarlet; translucent. Hab.—Throughout the State.
In early summer the climbing honeysuckle with its pale foliage flings its long arms over neighboring trees and shrubs, showing glimpses here and there of small pinkish flowers. But it is far more noticeable in the fall, when its long pendulous branches are laden with the fine clusters of translucent, orange-red berries. It is quite variable and has many forms, which are all considered varieties of the one species.
TREE-MALLOW—Lavatera assurgentiflora.