Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lonicera nervosa Maximowicz; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-P?tersbourg; S?r. 3; 24: 38. 1877.
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Caprifolium nervosum (Maximowicz) Kuntze; Lonicera lanceolata Wallich subsp. nervosa (Maximowicz) Y. C. Teng.
Shrubs; deciduous; to 3 m tall. Young branches and peduncles spreading puberulous and glandular hairy. Petiole 3?5 mm; leaf blade elliptic to ovate-oblong; 2.5?6 ? 1?3 cm; papery; both ends acute; midvein; lateral veins; and veinlets adaxially purple-red; both surfaces glabrous or minutely stiffly hairy or adaxially with minute glands. Peduncle ca. 1 cm; bracts subulate; bracteoles cupular; ca. 1/2 as long as calyx tube; sometimes divided into 2 pairs; glandular ciliate or glabrous. Neighboring 2 calyx tubes separate; lobes triangular-subulate; small; glandular ciliate. Corolla white; later yellow; ca. 1 cm; outside glabrous; inside densely pubescent at base; tube slightly shorter than lobes; gibbous at base. Stamens subequaling upper labium of corolla. Styles pubescent at apex. Fruit black; globose; 5?6 mm in diam. Fl. Jun?Jul; fr. Aug?Sep.
* Scrub of forest understories; grasslands; 2100?4000 m. Gansu; W Henan; Ningxia; Qinghai; Shaanxi; S Shanxi; Sichuan.