The Blue Or Mountain Fly Honeysuckle (Lonicera Caerulea Linnaeus) (Figure XXXIII)
Description
This section is from the book "Wild Flowers Of New York", by Homer D. House. Also available from Amazon: Wild Flowers Of New York.
The Blue Or Mountain Fly Honeysuckle (Lonicera Caerulea Linnaeus) (Figure XXXIII)
The Blue or Mountain Fly Honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea Linnaeus) (figure XXXIII) occurs in swamps and low grounds, chiefly in the Adirondacks. It is a small shrub with oval or obovate, blunt leaves and small, yellow flowers. The fruit is a bluish black, two-eyed berry.
The Hairy Honeysuckle (Lonicera hirsuta Eaton) is a twining and climbing vine several feet long with the foliage and new stems hairy, the ripper leaves united around the stem, flowers 1 to 11/2 inches long, orange-yellow turning reddish.
Figure XXXIII - Blue or Mountain Fly Honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea Linnaeus)
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