Classification
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Chrysojasminum humile (L.) Banfi, Nat. Hist. Sci. 1: 5 (2014)
Synonymy:
  • Jasminum humile L.
 Description

Erect or sub-erect evergreen, glabrous or almost glabrous shrub to c. 2.5 m high. Shoots strongly angled. Lvs alternate, pinnate, with 3–7–(11), sessile leaflets; petiole usually 0.5–1.5 cm long. Terminal leaflet 0.7–5 × 0.4–2 cm, elliptic, lanceolate or ovate, entire, sometimes minutely ciliate on margins; base narrow- to broad-cuneate; apex acute or short-acuminate; lateral leaflets often shorter and wider. Cymes axillary, 3–10-flowered (sometimes more in cultivation), usually glabrous, occasionally puberulent; pedicels 5–25 mm long, slender. Calyx 2–3 mm long; tube campanulate; teeth very short, acute. Corolla 1.5–2 cm long, yellow, single; tube 1.2–1.5 cm long; lobes c. 0.5 cm long, elliptic, ± rounded, minutely ciliate. Style c. 1/2 length of tube. Fr. 6–8 mm diam., globular or 2-lobed, black, glossy; pulp scanty, black.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Jasminum humile L.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: Jan.–Dec.

 Bibliography
Banfi, E. 2014: Chrysojasminum, a new genus for Jasminum sect. Alternifolia (Oleaceae, Jasmineae). Natural History Sciences 1(1): 3–6.
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/ [as Jasminum humile L.]
Biosecurity New Zealand 4 Aug 2011: Unwanted Organisms Register. http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/registers/uor [as Jasminum humile L.]
Biosecurity New Zealand 2008: National Plant Pest Accord. MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, Wellington. [as Jasminum humile L.]
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42. [as Jasminum humile L.]
Ministry for Primary Industries 23 Feb 2017: Unwanted Organisms Register. Version 02.01.02. https://www1.maf.govt.nz/uor [as Jasminum humile L.]