Scientific name Leycesteria Rank Genus | ||
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Similar Leycesteria formosa, Caprifoliaceae, Linnaea amabilis, Dipelta, Diervilla | ||
Plants for november leycesteria formosa
Leycesteria is a genus of flowering plants in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae, native to temperate Asia in the Himalaya and southwestern China.
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It contains six or seven species of shrubs with short-lived stems with soft wood, growing to 1-2.5 m tall. One species, Leycesteria formosa (Himalayan honeysuckle or flowering nutmeg), is a popular garden shrub in Britain.
Leycesteria was named for William Leycester, a horticulturist in Bengal in about 1820.
Leycesteria formosa pheasant berry
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