| Jasminum azoricum | ||
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| This species and Jasminum tortuosum are incredibly hard to distinguish and as such are regularly confused. Add to this problem that in the USA material usually offered as J.azoricum is often J.fluminense and you have a real problem with identification. As if this was not enough they both have similar habits and shape and in flower are almost identical. Bizarrely enough this species does not come from the Azores Islands from which it takes its name but originally from the island of Madeira where it is now almost extinct. The key to identification (which is a comparative operation and needs two plants one of J.tortuosum and J.azoricum) is that in the flowers the petals are broader in J.azoricum although they both have the same number of petals and with the foliage although they both have trifoliate leaves the leaves of J.tortuosum are very slightly more angular and broader and have a diamond shaped leaflet. Perhaps on reflection the habit of J.azoricum is slightly more compact but this is debatable. The scent of J.azoricum |