Lonicera japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle)

Native to China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, Lonicera japonica, or Japanese honeysuckle, is a woody twining vine that can also trail across the ground. Its strongly fragrant flowers grow in pairs in the leaf axils, opening white and turning creamy yellow as they age. Rounded berries ripen blue-black. The vine spreads through underground rhizomes, surface runners and dispersed seeds. Introduced widely, including in Colombia, it is invasive in the southeastern United States, where dense growth can smother other plants and displace native vegetation. Photographed in Bogotá, Colombia.