A climbing or trailing vine with white (yellowing with age), fragrant. tubular flowers in pairs on leaf axils; twigs hairy.

1 1/2" long; corolla 2-lipped, 5-lobed; stamens long, curved, projecting.

To 3" long, opposite, ovate, untoothed, evergreen, hairy.

Black berry.

Vine; to 30' long

April-July, occasionally into fall.

Thickets, roadsides, and woodlands.

This woody vine, introduced from Asia, has escaped from cultivation. A fast growing climber, it can engulf a woodland and choke out trees. It is difficult to eradicate ans is a serious competitor with and a threat to the native flora. Sweet nectar can be sucked from the base of the corolla.