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night jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum)
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night jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum · Solanaceae · all Cestrum records · also called Night-blooming jasmine · Wikipedia

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Night-blooming jasmine is on-list on the evidence table. The Cestrum nocturnum fire pack remains limited evidence, and 2 ecological invasive reports are retained as separate status context.

Comparison is available in related plants and the genus index; distribution remains in range evidence. Those routes stay outside the accepted fire basis. The nocturnum record therefore carries three distinct signals: a computed listing, limited source depth, and paired ecological reports. A return to the accepted rows verifies the listing without converting either status report into another fire finding. The two reports retain their ecological-status role throughout these routes.

Form
shrub
Rated in
Valencia, Spain / western Mediterranean
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Valencia, Spain / western Mediterranean

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in CA, FL, GA, HI, LA, PR, TX, VI.
Introduced / established
5 sourced range or established records. This is not an invasive warning.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Reported invasive here
2 ecological invasive reports.
How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

Native and introduced range evidence

These are exact U.S. botanical-area records from the cited range source. Native and introduced describe biogeographic relationship, not fire performance or planting approval. Doubtful and extinct rows stay visible but do not count as current presence.

Current native

0

exact source areas

Current introduced

5

exact source areas

Qualified

0

doubtful or extinct source rows

5 introduced source areas · World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16 v16, as of 2026-06-04
  • California (CA)
  • Florida (FL)
  • Hawaii (HI)
  • Louisiana (LA)
  • Puerto Rico (PR)

The lossless worldwide derivative is retained once in the research corpus; object pages repeat only exact U.S. areas needed by the local lens. The JSON twin carries the same page assertions.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

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Last verified 2026-08-23. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Cestrum nocturnum (Night-blooming jasmine). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/cestrum-nocturnum/. Last verified 2026-08-23.