Common name
English: Tartarian honeysuckle
German: Tataren-Heckenkirsche
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Dipsacales (35)
Family: Caprifoliaceae (22)(family description)
Genus: Lonicera (6)
Epithet: tatarica L. (1)
Synonyms: Caprifolium tataricum (L.) Kuntze, Chamaecerasus tatarica (L.) Medik., Lonicera micrantha (Trautv.) Trautv. ex Regel, Xylosteon tartaricum (L.) Medik., Xylosteon tataricum (L.) Michx.
micrantha => bearing minute flowers
tatarica => from northern and central Asia; Tartary was a name used in the Middle Ages to designate the region
tataricum => from northern and central Asia; Tartary was a name used in the Middle Ages to designate the region
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: pink