Jasminum humile), the Italian jasmine[1] or yellow jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae, native to Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Burma (Myanmar), the Himalayas and south west China (Gansu, Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang (Tibet), Yunnan).

The species is widely cultivated and reportedly naturalized in Greece, Sicily and the former Yugoslavia.

It has stout, dark green leaves, 5 cm long, with 5–7 imparipinnate leaflets.

has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

[5][6] Jasminum is a Latinized version of the Persian name yasemin, or Arabic name, yasamin, which refers to scented plants.