Also called golden-and-silver honeysuckle, スイカズラ/吸い葛 or 忍冬 (suikazura), 金银花 (jinyinhua), 忍冬藤 (rendongteng), 인동덩굴 (indongdeonggul), and kim ngân hoa.
Part of
honeysuckle genus Lonicera
in
honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae.
Native to eastern Asia.
🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48)
(color key).
Invasive > 🌐︎ global
Invasive > 🌐︎ various
Invasive > 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada+USA
Invasive > report it!
Invasive > 🇺🇸 USA
Invasive > Michigan
Invasive > Missouri
Nice drawing. (page 39)
Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)
On No-Planting List by Seneca Nation of Indians SNI. (pages 59 and 62)
🇺🇸 In the USA, the
USDA suggests
those seeking ❀ fragrant flowers replace this plant with native
native alternatives
leatherflower Clematis viorna,
Carolina jasmine Gelsemium sempervirens,
trumpet honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens,
sweetbay magnolia Magnolia virginiana
or
◼︎ purple passionflower Passiflora incarnata,
and those seeking a shrubby honeysuckle replace this plant with
native alternatives
spicebush (northern or common) Lindera benzoin,
🫐 northern highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum
or
➳ southern arrowwood viburnum Viburnum dentatum.
[1]
Other sources recommend
northern bush honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera.
Native alternatives (Great Lakes green entries). (page 3)
Native alternatives (Missouri) (page 4)
More native alternatives (Missouri Botanical Garden)
Even more native alternatives (Missouri).
Native alternatives (Pennsylvania). (page 2)