Question: Can you please help me with this ID. It looks like a honeysuckle to me, maybe Lonicera tatarica. But the …
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Can you please help me with this ID. It looks like a honeysuckle to me, maybe Lonicera tatarica. But the flowers are so red and the flower stock is so long. I was hoping to press it and put it in an invasives herbarium collection for the certificate program at NEWFS. Thanks for your help. If you need a better pic I can use my good camera, this pic is with my iPad.
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Dear Janet, there are forms of Lonicera tatarica that are deep red (as with the flowers you have photographed). The peduncles look very long, though that does not rule out this species. Check the pith of the branchlets, it should be hollow for this species, and (using magnification), confirm that the outside surface of the corolla is glabrous (i.e., devoid of hairs). Those are all traits that will help you confirm it is Lonicera tatarica.
