Synonym(s) : Caprifolium hispidum (Pall. ex Schult.) Kuntze; Lonicera alpigena Schangin; Lonicera anisocalyx Rehder; Lonicera bracteata Royle; Lonicera chaetocarpa (Batalin ex Rehder) Rehder; Lonicera finitima W.W.Sm.; Lonicera montigena Rehder; Xylosteon hispidum (Pall. ex Schult.) Rupr.; Xylosteon hispidum var. maximum Rupr.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lonicera hispida Pall. ex Schult.
Common name : Hairy Honeysuckle
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Among rocks in dry stream beds and with dwarf Juniper/Rhododendron scrub on open slopes, alpine grassland; 4000 - 4500 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : May-July
Distribution :
Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
Native : Altay, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Tuva, Xinjiang
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Central Asia to South-West Siberia and China, North India
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 142; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1352