Talk:Gelsemium sempervirens
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[edit] Scent
The article says the Yellow Jessamine is not scented, but I have tons of Yellow Jessamine in my backyard and it smells lovely. I haven't touched the article because I'm not a plant expert and maybe something else was meant.
4.152.243.179 16:25, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Scent An almost identical species grows here in the southeastern United States, it is the swamp jessamine (Gelsemium rankinii) which also has yellow flowers but unlike G. sempervirens, these are not fragrant.
[edit] Spelling
Why isn't the most common spelling used?
- Carolina Jasamine - 1,160 hits
- Carolina Jessamine - 36,700 hits
- Carolina Jasmine - 160,000 hits
That's a pretty overwhelming majority for a different spelling than we are using. Unless someone provides some pretty convincing arguments soon, I'm considering renaming this article. -- Fyslee / talk 04:55, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
- Generally, having plant articles titled with common names presents many problems, such as the fact that many species (such as this) have multiple common names, so in most cases species are listed at their scientific name. All English common names that are reliably sourced are usually listed in each article in bold type, and redirects or links on disambiguation pages are ideally made for all of these. Full details are at WP:NC(flora). I've moved the page accordingly. --Melburnian (talk) 10:38, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
weed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.255.2.239 (talk) 02:45, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
