Cestrum nocturnum

Night-blooming jessamine

Family: Solanaceae · Type: shrub · Not Native

Night-blooming jessamine is a naturalized shrub found in southern coastal California in disturbed areas at elevations below 1,000 meters. Flowering from February to October, this plant produces green-white flowers approximately 20 millimeters long with delicate 2.5 to 3 millimeter lobes. Growing 2 to 5 meters tall with sparse minute hairs, it develops an open structure with spreading branches. Its leaves are approximately 4 to 10 centimeters long, elliptical in shape with pointed tips. The fruit is white, 6 to 10 millimeters in length, containing 4 to 5 black seeds.

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Bloom period: Feb-Oct

Elevation: < 1000 m

Bioregions: SCo

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.