* Family: Logania (Loganiaceae)
* Flowering: March-October
* Field Marks: This vine is distinguished by its short, trumpet-shaped, very fragrant, yellow flowers and its entire, evergreen, opposite leaves.
* Habitat: From moist to wet soil in woodlands, thickets, and along fencerows.
* Habit: Climbing or trailing vine up to 20 feet long.
* Stems: Slender, smooth.
* Leaves: Opposite, simple, evergreen, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, pointed at the tip, tapering or rounded at the base, without teeth, smooth, up to 3 inches long, up to 1 inch wide, on short stalks.
* Flowers: 1-6 in the axils of the leaves, very fragrant.
* Sepals: 5, green, attached at base, oblong, rounded at the tip.
* Petals: 5, bright yellow, united to form a short trumpet up to 1 1/2 inches long.
* Stamens: 5, attached to the tube of the petals.
* Pistils: Ovary superior; style slender, 4-parted.
* Fruits: Capsules elliptic, flat, 1/3-1/2 inch long, with flat seeds winged at the tip.
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 | Yellow Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) was named the state flower of South Carolina in 1924. Popular half hardy climbing shrub. Best in partial shade. attractive Glossy green leaves about 2 inches long with sweet scented yellow jasmine like flowers in spring. |
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Kingdom Plantae – Plants, Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants, Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants, Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants, Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons, Subclass Asteridae –, Order Gentianales – Family Loganiaceae – Logania family, Genus Gelsemium Juss. – trumpetflower, Species Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) St. Hil. – evening trumpetflower (Yellow Jessamine)
Text Reference: USDA-NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
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