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Gardenia, Cape jasmine
Gardenia jasminoides
31.7411, -89.1338
Field Notes
Description:
Gardenia is an evergreen shrub with very fragrant flowers. Prized by many Southern gardeners. While unrelated, it reminds me a little of magnolia. Smaller and more fragile ... but it has a big, heady aroma, complicated flower, similar feel and texture to the petals.
Notes:
Gardenia is a genus of 142 species of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, southern Asia, Australasia and Oceania.
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This plant is a nursery cultivar of Gardenia jasminoides that blooms in late summer and early fall.
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Spotted for Missions
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PublishedOctober 20, 2013
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