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        purpleflower honeysuckle Caprifoliaceae Lonicera conjugialis  
        
 Leaf:Opposite, simple, elliptical to round, 1 to 3 inches long, entire margins, covered with fine hairs.
 Flower:Paired on long upright stalks, dark red to purple, 1/4 to 1/2 inch in length, strongly 2-lipped with upper lip erect and lower lip reflexed.
 Fruit:Paired juicy orange-red berries, 1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter, borne on a long upright stalk.
 Twig:Slender, square in cross-section; green when young, then tan.
 Bark:Gray-brown.
 Form:Erect deciduous shrub to 5 feet.
 
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