Yellow jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is the official flower of the state of South Carolina that was established in 1924.
Jessamine was found throughout South Carolina and "the soft flowers show the purity of gold; the return of eternal winter shows the lesson in deep determination, loyalty and deception." patriotism State service "(quote from the South Carolina legislature). Yellow jessamine was also displayed in the South Carolina quarter.
Yellow jessamine is an annual plant that always lives from native vines in the southeastern United States (sometimes referred to as "Carolina jasmine"). Beautiful but all parts of the plant are toxic.