Lonicera villosa
Blue Fly Honeysuckle
Flowers Side
Hudson Bay Regional Park
10-June-2009
Each pair of flowers arises out of two fused ovaries.
The flower is described as yellow in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta. In the specimens pictured here, the flower buds were yellow-green but they turned whitish yellow as they matured.
The key to the species in Flora of Alberta requires corolla 2-lipped; NOT [corolla almost regular]. This feature is hard to distinguish in the specimens pictured here.
Villosa: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species.
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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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Caprifoliaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family.
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