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Carolina Jessamine

(Gelsemium iempervirens)
 
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Carolina jessamine vine covered in yellow flowers climbing a post in a garden.
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Close-up of Carolina jessamine shrub densely covered with small yellow trumpet-shaped flowers.

 

Description: 

Cultivated evergreen vine, shrubby and twining, and grows to about 20 feet. Pairs of shiny light green 1-4 inch long leaves on long, streamer-like branches. Fragrant, tubular yellow flowers 1-1.5 inches long in late winter and early spring.

Poisonous Parts: 
Entire plant.