Cestrum parqui
Cestrum diurnum
Chilean jessamine, green poison berry
day jessamine, day-blooming jessamine
petiole 6–10 mm;
blade narrowly ovate, narrowly elliptic, narrowly ovate-elliptic, or narrowly oblong-elliptic, 4.1–8.7 × 1.2–3 cm.
petiole 5–24 mm;
blade elliptic, oblong, ovate, oblong-ovate, or obovate, 2.5–12 × 0.6–3.6 cm.
1 per axil, each cluster 1–6-flowered.
1–3 per axil, each cluster 3–11-flowered.
calyx 4.5–5.5 × 2–2.8 mm, lobes 3 or 5, erect, 1.2–1.5 mm;
corolla pale yellow to pale green, 18–22 mm, lobes 4–4.5 mm.
calyx 3–4 × 1.7–2.3 mm, lobes 5, erect, 0.5–0.8 mm;
corolla pale yellow or white, 11–16 mm, lobes 1.7–2.3 mm.
black, 7–9 × 3–6.5 mm.
purple to black, 6–11 × 4.5–9 mm.
= 16.
= 16.
Cestrum parqui
Cestrum diurnum
Cestrum parqui has the potential to become an invasive species where it has escaped in the United States.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Cestrum diurnum has been introduced as an ornamental shrub into most of tropical and subtropical America, and is considered to be an environmental weed (R. P. Randall 2012). It is listed as invasive or potentially invasive in Florida.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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