Himalayan honeysuckle (Leycesteria formosa)
Scientific name: Leycesteria formosa Wall.
Common Name: Himalayan honeysuckle
Status: Not declared noxious in Victoria.
Habitat: Cool high rainfall regions mainly in gullies and protected hillsides with partial shade and moist to wet fertile soils (Blood 1998, Bodkin 1990, Horticopia 1999). It is a weed of scrublands, riverbanks, lakesides, forest margins, especially common in cut-over forest (Webb et al 1988). Himalayan Honeysuckle invades damp sclerophyll forest, wet sclerophyll forest and riparian vegetation (Carr et al 1992).
Related Links
Weed Identification Note for Himalayan honeysuckle - on the Weeds Australia website (external link). Information is provided on the generalised current distribution in Australia as well as other information such as origin, distinguishing features, dispersal etc.
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This document was last reviewed on 28/09/2011