Lonicera oblongifolia
 
Swamp Fly Honeysuckle

Fruit Side

3.2 km North of Highway # 3 on Silica Sands Road,
33 km East of Hudson Bay
03-August-2016

Note the fruit is composed of two partially united berries.

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Oblongifolia: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species. 
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erect shrubs; NOT [somewhat twining shrub]

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pith of branches filling the entire core

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pith of branches white; NOT [pith of branches brown]

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leavers not connate-perfoliate

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leaves densely puberulent, at least below; NOT [leaves subglabrous to lightly pilose below]

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inflorescence axillary; NOT [inflorescence a terminal cluster]

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flowers in pairs

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bracts below flowers thin or minute; NOT [bracts below flowers large, broad, and leaf-like]

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berries of the two flowers more or less united; NOT [berries of the two flowers separate]

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ovaries only partly united, with berries distinguishable; NOT [ovaries completely fused, ripening into a single bluish black berry]

 

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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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plants erect or twining shrubs; NOT [plants low, slender, trailing, evergreen shrub]

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leaves simple, at most deeply lobed; NOT [leaves pinnately compound]

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leaves with entire or wavy margins; NOT [leaves with finely toothed margins]

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

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flowers mostly 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 mostly irregular; NOT [flowers more or less regular]

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

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

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fruit a berry; NOT [fruit a capsule], NOT [fruit a drupe containing a flattened stone]

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fruit red, yellow or black; NOT [fruit white or purplish]

 

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

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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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flowers with two floral rings

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petals wholly or partly united forming a tube or bell

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

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ovary inferior; NOT [ovary superior]

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fruit fleshy; NOT [fruit a capsule]