The Santa Barbara Honeysuckle (Lonicera subspicata)! Southern Honeysuckle is a species endemic to California, where it can be found in mountain and coastal habitat, particularly chaparral. Interestingly, it is a vining shrub which usually climbs on other plants for support.

The flower cluster pictured here is a long, fuzzy spike of light-yellow flowers each about a centimeter long. It also produces fruit, which are round red or yellow berries just under a centimeter wide. If you are looking for this plant out in the wild, you may get it confused with its more common variant, denudata. The subspicata variety is rare and seldom likes to make an appearance to the public.

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