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Jasminum mesnyi

Whanganui. Oct 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Leaf node. Whanganui. Oct 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

primrose jasmine

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Flower colours

Yellow

Similar taxa

Has yellow flowers similar to J. humile and J. nudiflorum. J. mensyi can be distinguished from J. humile by its opposite leaves and semi-double flowers. J. nudiflorum is also opposite but is deciduous and has smaller flowers.

Habitat

Abandoned gardens, waste places by streams and roadsides

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Jasminum

Family

Oleaceae

Authority

Jasminum mesnyi Hance

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1981

Origin

W. China

Reason for introduction

Ornamental

Life cycle and dispersal

Reproduction is by stem layering, only really a minor escape from cultivation.

Other information

Etymology

jasminum: Believed to be derived from ‘ysmyn’, the Arabic name for Jasmine.

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Johnson, A. T. and Smith, H. A (1986). Plant Names Simplified: Their pronunciation, derivation and meaning. Landsman Bookshop Ltd: Buckenhill, UK.

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