Lonicera syringantha Maximowicz, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 24: 49. 1878; L. codonantha Rehder; L. rupicola f. glabrata Suessenguth; L. rupicola subsp. syringantha (Maximowicz) Y. C. Tang; L. syringantha var. minor Maximowicz; L. syringantha var. wolfii Rehder; L. wolfii (Rehder) K. S. Hao.

Plants erect or procumbent. Leaves deciduous, abaxially glabrous or sparsely lanate.

Lonicera codonantha appears to be an intermediate form between var. rupicola and var. syringantha, which has sessile, abaxially villous leaves, and brown villous stems.

Scrub, forest margins, alpine meadows, scree slopes; 2000-4600 m. Gansu, S Ningxia, E Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang, NW Yunnan [India].