Index / Search / Lonicera xylosteum
§1 Plant
Lonicera xylosteum L.
vernacular dwarf honeysuckle — species · Caprifoliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Lonicera
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
County-level range
· 72 counties across 15 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 72 counties across 15 states/territories.
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 6 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LOXY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5334259 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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