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Lonicera nervosa Credit: Harvard University Herbaria

Caprifolium nervosum (Maximowicz) Kuntze; Lonicera lanceolata Wallich subsp. nervosa (Maximowicz) Y. C. Teng.

For description see under species complex. Distinguishing characters for this species are as follows: Leaf blade elliptic to ovate-oblong, 2.5-6 × 1-3 cm. Corolla white, later yellow. Ovaries free. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Sep.

● Scrub of forest understories, grasslands; 2100-4000 m. Gansu, W Henan, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, S Shanxi, Sichuan.