Swamp Jessamine (Gelsemium rankinii)

Swamp Jessamine, a reference photo — Photo: Jason Hollinger · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Gelsemium rankinii, the Rankin's trumpetflower or swamp jessamine, is a twining vine in the family Gelsemiaceae, native to the southeastern United States from Louisiana to the Carolinas.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Swamp Jessamine being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Gelsemium sempervirens — considered toxic

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gelsemiaceae
Genus: Gelsemium
Species: Gelsemium rankinii

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