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Weakley's
Flora (
4/7/08
):
Gelsemiaceae
Gelsemium sempervirens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database:
Loganiaceae
Gelsemium sempervirens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas (1968):
Loganiaceae
154-01-001
Gelsemium sempervirens
Common Name:
Yellow Jessamine, Yellow Jasmine, Carolina Jasmine, Carolina Jessamine
Vine
Perennial
Evergreen
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing
wild in
GA
NC
SC
Look for it from swamp forests to dry uplands & thickets, per Weakley's Flora
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...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Leaves:
Simple
Opposite
Flower:
Spring
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
To learn more about
this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p196
Gardening with Native Plants of the South p101
Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p140
All About SC Wildflowers p161
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p226
Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p09
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p120
Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p146
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p195
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p144
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You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
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JK Marlow
jkm0502c_0405
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February
Richland County
SC
Roadside
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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Ben Geer Keys
bgk600_a
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April
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0204i_18
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April
Greenville County
SC
Roadside
All parts of the plant are poisonous, per A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0204j_01
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April
Greenville County
SC
Roadside
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0404a_25
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April
Greenville County
SC
Roadside
The vine twines upward from left to right, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0404b_04
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April
Greenville County
SC
Roadside
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0504b_31
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April
Greenville County
SC
Roadside
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0504b_33
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April
Greenville County
SC
Roadside
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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Patrick D. McMillan
pdmgsempervirens_boggs1
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April
Pickens County
SC
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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Patrick D. McMillan
pdmgsempervirens_boggs4
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April
Pickens County
SC
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
s040401_ab
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April
Greenville County
SC
Roadside
Leaves are evergreen, opposite, lanceolate to elliptic, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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Paul Thompson
pstgelsemium_semperviren
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