Lonicera ciliosa
Orange Honeysuckle

Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)

Photo taken at Tumwater Canyon, dry, partially shaded slope

Flowers:

inflorescences terminal; flowers irregular, orange-yellow to orange-red (the flowers in the photo are more red than most); tube densely hairy within, 3 to 4 times as long as the lips, corolla 16 to 40 mm; stamens, style, and stigma slightly exerted

Fruit:

small, several seeded berry

Leaves:

mostly glabrous with ciliate margins; leaves closest to the inflorescence fused together around the stem

Plant:

trailing to high climbing vine. Used by the Thompson for rope and twine, and used with willow on suspension bridges across canyons and rivers.

Habitat:

forests and thickets

Distribution of species:

British Columbia to California, and Montana

Distribution of genus:

more or less 200 species: temperate and subtropical North America, Asia, Europe, and North Africa