Jasminum suavissimum Lindl. APNI* Synonyms: Jasminum simplicifolium subsp. suavissimum (Lindl.) P.S.Green APNI*
Description: Subshrub to 0.5 m high or trailing scrambler or twiner, stems glabrous or minutely pubescent, especially when young.
Leaves 1-foliolate, linear or very narrow-elliptic, 1.5–5 cm long, 2–9 mm wide, apex acute, base slightly rounded, margins entire, lamina glabrous, venation obscure; petiole 1–3 mm long.
Inflorescences terminal, cymose, usually 1–7-flowered. Calyx tube 1–2 mm long; lobes 5–6, 1.5–4 mm long. Corolla white; tube mostly 8–10 mm long; lobes mostly 7 or 8, usually 7–9 mm long. Berry ellipsoid, 6–7 mm diam., black, shining.
Flowering: spring–summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread, grows in sclerophyll forest and woodland; in inland districts north from Quirindi area, and in drier coastal ranges, chiefly north of the Clarence R., but also recorded from the Hunter Valley.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT, NWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by D. W. Hardin
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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