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Juvenile Japanese Honeysuckle Leaves: Why They Look Different from Mature Foliage

Q: This comes up amidst my honeysuckle, but these leaves are not the same! New to my yard this year. Vines were reddish earlier, but color less apparent now.

This is Japanese honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica. Although most leaves are not lobed, juvenile leaves may have the lobes you see.

They are "pectinate"—resembling the teeth of a comb.

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