Common Name: Gold Coast jasmine
Family: Oleaceae
Common Synonyms: none
USDA Hardiness Zone: NA
Growth Habit: Vine
Origin: Tropical West Africa
FISC Category: 1
FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No
Introduction Date: early 1920's
IFAS Assessment:
Scrambling woody shrub or vine, evergreen to 8 m tall. Leaves opposite, simple, oval, glossy, 5-7 cm long. Night-blooming, star-shaped, flowers, white, very fragrant, tubular with 5-9 terminal lobes. Fruit small, round, fleshy black.
Scrub, flatwoods, tropical hammock, disturbed sites
Vouchered Monroe north to Highlands Co. Maybe possible to prevent spread to north.
Note: Retreatment often necessary, best if runners are pulled back to main stem and then cut. Jasmines produce a large number of bird- and mammal-dispersed seeds with very high germination, highly invasive. [IFAS]
Dave's Garden. 2013. PlantFiles: Chinese water spinach, swamp cabbage, swamp morning glory, Ipomoea aquatica. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1263/. Accessed on December 10, 2013.
Langeland, K.A., H.M. Cherry, C.M. McCormick, K.C. Burks. 2008. Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas-Second Edition. IFAS Publication SP 257. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.