Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Gelsemium sempervirens

Flowers and leaves. Photographer Kenpei, Japan

Shrub. Photographer Homer Edward Price, unknown place

Line drawings. USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Common name

Yellow Jessamine, Carolina Jasmine

Family

Loganiaceae

Where found

Garden escape. Coastal north from the Wollongong district. Rarely elsewhere.

Notes

Introduced woody perennial climber to about 6 m high. Hairless. Leaves opposite each other, 3–7 cm long, 9–20 mm wide, shiny, lance head shaped, light green. Flowers strongly fragrant, golden-yellow, 25–35 mm long, funnel shaped, with 5 lobes. Flowers in clusters of 1–8 flowers. Flowering: mainly September–February. Seeds with one wing to 10 mm long.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Gelsemium~sempervirens  (accessed 18 January 2021)

Missouri Botanical Garden description:  http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=282490#:~:text=Gelsemium%20sempervirens%2C%20commonly%20called%20false,woods%2C%20thickets%20and%20along%20roads. (accessed 18 January 2021)