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purpleflower honeysuckle Caprifoliaceae Lonicera conjugialis Kellogg Listen to the Latin Print a QR link to this factsheet symbol: LOCO5
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.
 Looks like: red twinberry - twinberry

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Additional Range Information: Lonicera conjugialis is native to North America. Range may be expanded by planting. Download the full-size PDF map.
External Links: USDA Plants Database
All material 2021 Virginia Tech Dept. of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation; Photos and text by: John Seiler, Edward Jensen, Alex Niemiera, and John Peterson; Silvics reprinted from Ag Handbook 654; range map source information