Jasminum nudiflorum, the winter jasmine, is a slender, deciduous shrub native to China (Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang (Tibet), Yunnan).

It is widely cultivated as an ornamental and is reportedly naturalized in France and in scattered locations in the United States (Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Tennessee, Maryland and New Jersey).

[7] As its name suggests, in the Northern Hemisphere winter jasmine flowers from November to March.

It is known as rui guo yuan wei[citation needed] or yíng chūn huā (迎春花) in Mandarin Pinyin.

[9] It is found within many Provinces of China, (including Guangxi (Gansu), Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang (also referred to as Tibet) and Yunnan.