| Author | A. Gray | |
| Distribution | Scattered in the Mountains; disjunct to Durham County. First collected in 1969 and 1971 at 2 sites in Henderson County.
Native of Japan; in N.A. Que. to Ont. and MN, south to GA, AL, AR; also Sask. south to NM. | |
| Abundance | Rare in the Mountains, and very rare eastward. One population in 2017 in Macon County was termed abundant. | |
| Habitat | Roadside, roadside by swamp, railroad margins, bog, vacant lot, campus roadsides. | |
| Phenology | Flowering April-May. | |
| Identification | Morrow's Honeysuckle is a shrub whose leaves are narrowly elliptical, with a very short driptip (or none). The leaves are roughly half the size of those of L. maackii and noticeably narrower; its flowers are more open and less tubular than are those of L. maackii, as well. L. x bella is virtually identical, except that its flowers fade to various shades of pink. | |
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| State Rank | SE * | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| USACE-agcp | FACU link |
| USACE-emp | FACU link |
