Gelsemiaceae
Evening trumpetflower
Gelsemium sempervirens
- Family
- Gelsemiaceae
- Genus
- Gelsemium
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- أرطاة صفراء, الياسمين الأصفر
- arz
- ارطاه صفراء
- Catalan
- Gelsemi
- Chinese
- 常緑鉤吻藤, 常绿钩吻藤, 北美钩吻, 金钩吻
- English
- Evening trumpetflower, False jessamine, Yellow jessamine, Carolina jasmine
- Finnish
- Rohtojasminio
- German
- Carolina-Jasmin
- Hebrew
- יסמין צהוב
- Japanese
- カロライナジャスミン, イエロージャスミン
- Persian
- یاس زرد
- Russian
- Гельземий вечнозелёный
Synonyms
- Gelsemium lucidum Poir.
- Gelsemium nitidum Michx.
- Gelsemium nitidum var. inodorum Nutt.
- Jeffersonia sempervirens (L.) Brickell
- Lisianthius sempervirens Mill. ex Steud.
- Lisianthius volubilis Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to March (from 1,572 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: brycelee, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nonbinary-Naturalist, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Liverman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Austin Pursley, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.