理塘忍冬 li tang ren dong

Lonicera farreri W. W. Smith; L. oresbia W. W. Smith; L. rockii Rehder.

For description see under species complex. Distinguishing characters for this species are as follows: Young branches, leaves, peduncle, bracts, and flowers glabrous; peduncle shorter than 1 cm. Bracts subulate to lanceolate or linear-lanceolate; berries orange to red. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Aug-Sep.

Scrub, grasslands, forests, forest margins; 3000-4500 m. Sichuan, Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, India (Sikkim), Nepal].