The flower has an upper and lower lip with hairy stamens and style protruding.

Keck In this variety, the leaves are shaped wide-elliptic to more or less round, and are less than twice as long as they are wide.

Flowering is from June to July[2] Santa Barbara honeysuckle In this variety, the leaves are shaped narrowly elliptic, and are 3 to 4 times longer than they are wide.

It reaches its southern distribution at the Tres Vírgenes in Baja California Sur.

In cultivation, the plant makes a drought-tolerant vining shrub that is good cover for a low fence or the north side of a house.