Carolina Snaps
The Carolina Jessamine
Season 4 Episode 6 | 42sVideo has Closed Captions
The Carolina Jessamine is South Carolina's state flower.
The Carolina Jessamine, South Carolina's state flower, is a vibrant yellow bloom found throughout the state and Southeast. This versatile plant, cherished for its beauty and traditional medicinal uses, thrives in the region's heat, and likes well-drained soil. However, its toxic nature warrants caution, as it can be lethal when consumed.
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Carolina Snaps is a local public television program presented by SCETV
Support for this program is provided by The ETV Endowment of South Carolina.
Carolina Snaps
The Carolina Jessamine
Season 4 Episode 6 | 42sVideo has Closed Captions
The Carolina Jessamine, South Carolina's state flower, is a vibrant yellow bloom found throughout the state and Southeast. This versatile plant, cherished for its beauty and traditional medicinal uses, thrives in the region's heat, and likes well-drained soil. However, its toxic nature warrants caution, as it can be lethal when consumed.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipThe Carolina Jessamine, the South Carolina state flower, grows across the entire state in parts of the southeast Selected in 1924, The Carolina or yellow jessamine is a staple of South Carolina foliage and traditional medicine.
The plant thrives in South Carolina heat due to its need for full to partial sun exposure and preference towards well-drained enriched soils in addition to its beauty.
Some Native American tribes, like the Algonquian tribe, use the flowers to make tinctures for malaria and other fever based illnesses.
The flower often blooms in February and is a symbol of the upcoming spring season.
Members of the South Carolina legislature also believed it suggests the pureness of gold.
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Carolina Snaps is a local public television program presented by SCETV
Support for this program is provided by The ETV Endowment of South Carolina.