Lonicera fragrantissima

ClassificationDicots
FamilyCaprifoliaceae
Family (Traditional)Caprifoliaceae
GenusLonicera
Species:Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton
Common NameSweet Breath Of Spring; Fragrant Honeysuckle
Growth Habitshrub
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: CCNMP; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: Asia; Reproductive Phenology: Febuary; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Persistance: Tardily Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Berry; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Fayette (KY), Garrard (KY), Jefferson (KY), Madison (KY), Rowan (KY), Warren (KY), Bedford (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Hawkins (TN), Knox (TN), Loudon (TN), Marion (TN), Montgomery (TN), Polk (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Trousdale (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1973 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
BEREA011512 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Lonicera fragrantissima
BEREA011510 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Lonicera fragrantissima
BEREA011511 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Lonicera fragrantissima
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 29 Mar 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
31973000008143 Fayette Kentucky
KNK
Lonicera fragrantissima
MDKY00008560 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Lonicera fragrantissima
MDKY00008558 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Lonicera fragrantissima
MDKY00008559 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207400 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207394 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207409 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207410 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207393 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207404 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207403 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207396 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207412 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207407 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207405 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207408 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207399 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207406 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207402 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207411 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207398 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207395 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
TENN-V-0207401 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Lonicera fragrantissima
APSC0019839 Knox Tennessee
APSC
Lonicera fragrantissima
APSC0089875 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Lonicera fragrantissima
APSC0050167 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Lonicera fragrantissima
APSC0077472 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Lonicera fragrantissima
APSC0099986 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Lonicera fragrantissima
APSC0089874 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Lonicera fragrantissima
APSC0064234 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Lonicera fragrantissima
APSC0058694 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Lonicera fragrantissima
APSC0051334 Trousdale Tennessee 30 Oct 2015 Mason Brock
APSC
Lonicera fragrantissima
APSC0019837 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Lonicera fragrantissima
APSC0080874 Garrard Kentucky
APSC
Lonicera fragrantissima
APSC0042323 Marion Tennessee
APSC
Lonicera fragrantissima
APSC0118427 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Lonicera fragrantissima
APSC0019838 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Lonicera fragrantissima
HTTU006236 Tennessee
HTTU
Lonicera fragrantissima
MTSU022655 Davidson Tennessee 21 Mar 1995 Bill Duke
MTSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
MTSU022651 DeKalb Tennessee 20 Mar 1991 Riki Howard
MTSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
MTSU023016 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Apr 2001 Leslie Dudley
MTSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
MTSU022652 Rutherford Tennessee 17 Apr 1992 Ken Ferris
MTSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
MTSU022659 Rutherford Tennessee 31 Mar 1980 Wanda Cates
4
MTSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
MTSU022658 Rutherford Tennessee Ryan Shaw
4
MTSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
MTSU022654 Davidson Tennessee 23 Apr 1991 Brian White
MTSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
MTSU022657 Knox Tennessee 12 Apr 1997 Lora Carlson
MTSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
MTSU022653 Rutherford Tennessee 1956-7 Euple Ann Gilbert
10
MTSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
MTSU022656 Hardin Tennessee 30 Mar 1994 Shannon Kennedy
MTSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
MTSU022650 Rutherford Tennessee 18 Mar 2003 Teresa Rich
MTSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT027361 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT027369 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT036140 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT027366 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT036141 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT027362 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT027365 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT027371 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT027368 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT027364 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT027373 Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT040536 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT027370 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT027363 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT036139 Davidson Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT027359 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UOS02180 Franklin Tennessee 21 Mar 2001 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Lonicera fragrantissima
ETSU014890 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 17 Mar 2019 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
ETSU014884 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
ETSU014887 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
ETSU031893 Carter Tennessee James T Donaldson
ETSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
ETSU014883 Unicoi Tennessee
15005
ETSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
ETSU014889 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
ETSU014888 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
ETSU014885 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
ETSU031982 Carter Tennessee James T Donaldson
ETSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
ETSU014886 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
ETSU025875 Hawkins Tennessee 17 Mar 2019 Frosty Levy
19038
ETSU
Lonicera fragrantissima
MEM007833 Shelby Tennessee 27 Feb 1973 John E. Thompson Jr.
1058
MEM
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT040880 Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT040879 Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT040881 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
UCHT040878 Tennessee
UCHT
Lonicera fragrantissima
N/A Madison Kentucky 09 Apr 2005 Kristina Best
14
EKY
Lonicera fragrantissima
31234100355211 Fayette Kentucky 04 Jul 1997 Timothy J. Weckman
3581
EKY
Lonicera fragrantissima
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