need yellow blooming vine id

15 years ago

Found a wild vine growing at the back of the property. I am in zone 8 central LA. I has small, yellow, trumpet-shaped, 1 inch long, blooms and it has leaves that are about 2 inches long, about a 1/4 inch wide and it has a point at the end of it. It's not honeysuckle, which is not in bloom yet here, so I am stumped as to what it could be. It did not have scent to.? I don't have a pic yet. Hoping someone knows what this vine is.

Best to you and thanks,

quiltingfox

Comments (3)

SusanC
15 years ago
it sounds like Gelsemium rankinii, swamp jessamine. If it was fragrant, I would have guessed the much more common Gelsemium sempervirens, Carolina Jessamine. They look nearly identical, but one is fragrant and the other is not.

Here is a link that might be useful: Gelsemium rankinii, swamp jessamine
quiltingfox
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you bunches. :-) It had no noticeable scent and I went to the link you posted. It looks like the swamp jessamine. I tranplanted 4 cuttings to a flowerbed near a tree closer to the house so I am hoping it roots easily. I put a metal rod in the ground for it to grow on that's about 3.5 ft above ground.

Best to you and many thanks,
quiltingfox
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SusanC
15 years ago
You're very welcome, quiltingfox. -I hope your cuttings take and do well for you. It would be lovely to have such a nice, uncommon native plant in the garden!