Lonicera japonica Thunb.

Spice Flower detail Flower In the field

Family: CAPRIFOLIACEAE

Genus: Lonicera

Catalan common name: Llegabosc. Lligabosc japonès.

Spanish common name: Madreselva.

Province distribution: Alacant. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Asia

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Phanerophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Garden plants. Cultivated specie and naturalizated.

Characteristics: A liane with petiolated leaves, differing from Lonicera implexa, whose leaves are fused to the base. Pubescent leaves loose pilosity with maturation. Terminal white flowers yellow at the end of flowering. It's hard to mistake this species for Lonicera pyrenaica subsp. majoricensis, as each lives in very distinct areas.