Cestrum parqui

Chilean jessamine

Family: Solanaceae · Type: shrub · Not Native

Conservation status: Cal-IPC Yes

Chilean jessamine is a naturalized shrub found in the San Francisco Bay Area in disturbed areas at elevations below 1,000 meters. Flowering from July to December, this plant produces yellow-white flowers in open clusters 4 to 6 centimeters long with delicate 3 to 4 millimeter lobes. Growing 1 to 3 meters tall with glabrous stems, it develops an open, upright form with sparse minute hairs. Its lanceolate leaves are 6 to 11 centimeters long, tapering to a sharp point at the tip. The fruit matures to a dark purple-black color, containing approximately 10 dark brown to black seeds about 3 to 4 millimeters long.

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Bloom period: Jul-Dec

Elevation: < 1000 m

Bioregions: SnFrB

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