| Scientific Name: | Lonicera involucrata |
| Common Name: | black twinberry, bearberry honeysuckle |
| Family Name: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, Mexico, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Irregular, Spreading, Twiggy |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Fall interest, Hedge row, Native planting, Reclamation, Spring interest, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs, Wildlife food, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Pubescent, Elliptic, Oblong, Obovate, Ciliate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers paired, Yellow, Apr-May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Black, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, most ovate or oblong-elliptic; 5-11cm long x 3-5cm wide, margins and undersides pubescent; flowers paired on a 2cm long peduncle (2 sets per node), tubular, 1-2cm long, yellow, in spring, bracts turning dark red; berries paired, purplish-black, most 5-11mm wide. | |