Lonicera caerulea L., 1753 37% complete

Blue honeysuckle

Sp. Pl.: 174 (1753)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Lonicera caerulea, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced7 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded15 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 174 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Blue honeysuckle No source recorded
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Observations Temp. Eurasia No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 100 cm Sourced
Biological type phanerophyte
  • phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Shrub No source recorded
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Maximum height 140 cm Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months may, jun, jul No source recorded
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Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 8 / 9 · very humid air No source recorded
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Ground humidity empty
  • 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light No source recorded
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Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 4.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record