PLANTS Profile for Lonicera fragrantissima (sweet breath of spring)

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PLANTS Profile

Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton
sweet breath of spring

Symbol:

LOFR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caprifoliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

Photo of Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton

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Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton

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Synonyms:
Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton

XYFR

Xylosteon fragrantissimum (Lindl. & Paxton) Small

Distribution:
Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, UT, VA)

Related Taxa:
Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton

View 11 genera in Caprifoliaceae, 52 species in Lonicera

Classification:
Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Dipsacales
Family	Caprifoliaceae – Honeysuckle family
Genus	Lonicera L. – honeysuckle
Species	Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton – sweet breath of spring

U.S. Weed Information:
Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton

January jasmine
sweet breath-of-spring

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SEEPPC

Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Introduced Information:
Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35293.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton

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Time Generated: 10/07/2008 08:21 AM MDT