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Summer Jasmine - jasminum officinale

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Summer Jasmine Summer Jasmine - jasminum officinale dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 19 Feb 2022, 9:53 p.m. 23 Sep 2021, 4:30 p.m.
Summer Jasmine Summer Jasmine - jasminum officinale dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 19 Feb 2022, 9:53 p.m. 23 Sep 2021, 4:30 p.m.
Summer Jasmine Summer Jasmine - jasminum officinale dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 19 Feb 2022, 9:53 p.m. 23 Sep 2021, 4:30 p.m.
Summer Jasmine Summer Jasmine - jasminum officinale dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 19 Feb 2022, 9:53 p.m. 23 Sep 2021, 4:30 p.m.

Species Description

Stace 4:

J. officinale L. - Summer Jasmine.

Stems scrambling to 10 (20)m; leaves pinnate; flowers producedin summer when leaves mature, in terminal more or less corymbose cymes, fragrant; corolla mostly 4 - 5-lobed, white, often tinged pinkish-purple; (2n=26). Neophyte-naturalised; much grown in gardens, spreading vegetatively on walls and in marginal ground, sometimes self-sown; South Britain, County Waterford; Caucasus to China.