Lonicera nigra, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 47

6. L. nigra L. , Sp. Pl. 173 (1753) .

Up to 2 m. Young twigs glabrous or puberulent; pith solid. Leaves 2-7 x 1-3 cm, narrowly elliptical to oblong-obovate, acute or subacute, bright green above, bluish-green and glabrous or villous along the veins beneath. Peduncle 15-40 mm. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, shorter than the ovary. Bracteoles connate, shorter than the ovary. Corolla 0-6-1 cm, 2-lipped, pale pink; tube distinctly gibbous, pubescent, equalling or a little longer than limb. Ovaries connate only at base. Berries black, bluish-pruinose. 2л =18. • Mountains of S. & C. Europe, from the Pyrenees to the Carpathians and Bulgaria. Au Bu Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (W).