Cestrum diurnum

Non-Native to Florida

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Cestrum diurnum is occasionally found growing in disturbed sites of the central and southern peninsula of Florida. It is native to the West Indies but escaped cultivation. Day jessamine blooms year round (Wunderlin).

View information and pictures about day jessamine, as contained in the Langeland/Burks book, Identification & Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas.

See the UF/IFAS Assessment, which lists plants according to their invasive status in Florida.

View the herbarium specimen image of the University of Florida Herbarium Digital Imaging Projects.