Lonicera villosa
 
Blue Fly Honeysuckle

Leaf Top Close-Up

14 Miles North of Hudson Bay on Highway # 9
29-July-2017

Note the ciliate margins.

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Villosa: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species. 
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northern plants; NOT [mountain plants]

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stems erect; NOT [stems twining or reclining]

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leaves all separate; NOT [upper leaves connate-perfoliate]

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inflorescence axillary; NOT [inflorescence a terminal cluster]

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flowers in pairs

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bracts at base of flowers thin or minute; NOT [bracts at base of flowers large, broad, and leaf-like, at least in fruit]

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corolla 2-lipped; NOT [corolla almost regular]

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flowers yellow; NOT [flowers pink or white]

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ovaries completely fused; NOT [ovaries only partly united], NOT [ovaries separate]

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berries solitary (as a result of ovary fusion of paired flowers); NOT [berries partially fused], NOT [berries separate in pairs]

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berries bluish-black; NOT [berries red or yellow]

 

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Lonicera: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 
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erect or twining shrubs; NOT [trees], NOT [low, slender, trailing evergreen shrub]

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leaves simple; NOT [leaves pinnately compound]

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leaves entire or undulate; NOT [leaves toothed or lobed]

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inflorescence axillary as well as terminal; NOT [inflorescence all terminal]

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flowers usually in pairs; NOT [flowers in clusters]

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calyx with short lobes; NOT [calyx with 5 linear lobes]

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flowers often slightly irregular; NOT [flowers regular]

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flowers tubular or funnelform; NOT [flowers campanulate], NOT [corolla rotate]

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flowers with 5 stamens; NOT [flowers with 4 stamens]

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fruit a berry with 2 or more seeds; NOT [fruit a capsule], NOT [fruit a drupe containing a flattened stone]

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fruit a red or black berry; NOT [fruit a white or purplish berry]

 

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Caprifoliaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 
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shrubs; NOT [herbs], NOT [trees]

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large shrubs; NOT [dwarf shrubs]

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leaves opposite or whorled; NOT [leaves alternate]

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stems bearing few to several flowers; NOT [stems bearing a solitary flower]

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stamens 5; NOT [stamens 5-10], NOT [stamens 2]

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ovary inferior; NOT [ovary superior]

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fruit fleshy; NOT [fruit a capsule]