Jasminum azoricum

{{Short description|Species of vine}}

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|image = Jasminum azoricum3.jpg

|status = CR

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Fernandes, F. |date=2011 |title=Jasminum azoricum |volume=2011 |page=e.T162250A5564173 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T162250A5564173.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

|genus = Jasminum

|species = azoricum

|authority = L.

}}

Jasminum azoricum, the lemon-scented jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family.

It is an evergreen twining vine native to the Portuguese island of Madeira.{{cite book|editor1=R. G. Turner Jr.|editor2=Ernie Wasson|title=Botanica: The Illustrated A-Z of Over 10,000 garden plants|edition=3rd|year=1999|publisher=Barnes and Noble inc.|page=[https://archive.org/details/botanicaillustra0000unse/page/488 488]|isbn=0760716420|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/botanicaillustra0000unse/page/488}}{{GRIN | accessdate=8 January 2013}}{{ cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-351737|title='Jasminum azoricum L.|work=The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet) |year=2010 |access-date=6 January 2013}} The compound leaves consist of 3 bright green leaflets. The fragrant white star-shaped flowers appear in panicles from the leaf axils in summer, evolving from deep pink buds.

The species is critically endangered in its native Madeira. Reports of remaining populations vary between 6 and 50 individual plants in two separate areas, Funchal and Ribeira Brava.

Jasminum azoricum, which does not tolerate freezing temperatures, has long been in cultivation in Europe as a greenhouse plant with records in Netherlands since 1693 and England from about 1724. It has been prized for its bright evergreen foliage, long flowering period and scented blooms. Plants are readily propagated from cuttings and by layering.{{cite book|author1=Sydenham Teast Edwards|author2=John Lindley|title=The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens with Their History and Mode of Treatment|url=https://archive.org/details/botanicalregist06edwagoog|access-date=8 January 2013|year=1815|pages=[https://archive.org/details/botanicalregist06edwagoog/page/n396 92]–}} The species prefers a sunny, frost-free position with support from structures such as fences or posts.

In the UK this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web

| url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/23662/i-Jasminum-azoricum-i/Details | title = RHS Plantfinder - Jasminum azoricum

| access-date=14 March 2018}}{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf

| title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 56 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society

| access-date = 14 March 2018}}