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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gelsemium rankinii FAMILY Gelsemiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Swamp Jessamine at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gelsemium rankinii FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-01-002:

Gelsemium rankinii FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Gelsemium rankinii

COMMON NAME:
Swamp Jessamine

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image of Gelsemium rankinii, Swamp Jessamine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_gera4_002_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gelsemium rankinii FAMILY Gelsemiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gelsemium rankinii FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 154-01-002:
Gelsemium rankinii FAMILY Loganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gelsemium rankinii

599

Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: swamps of blackwater rivers, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolinas)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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