''Lonicera alpigena'' L.,
[Not to be confused with ''L. alpigena'' C.B. Clarke, syn. '' L. webbiana'' Wall. ex DC.] known as alpine honeysuckle,
is a species of
honeysuckle native to mountain forests of Central and Southern
Europe. It is sometimes cultivated as an
ornamental plant outside its native range. It is a deciduous shrub up to 2 m high, and in late summer, bears conspicuous brilliant red inedible fruits superficially resembling cherries. ''
L. glehnii'' F. Schmidt, which is native to
Sakhalin,
Kurile Islands,
Hokkaido and
Honshu, is sometimes considered as a geographically disjunct subspecies of alpine honeysuckle, ''L. alpigena'' L. subsp. ''glehnii'' (F. Schmidt) H. Hara.
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alpigena
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Flora of Europe
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