Galium odoratum

Galium odoratum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. odoratum
Binomial name
Galium odoratum
Synonyms[2]
  • Asperula odorata L.
  • Galium matrisylva F.H.Wigg.
  • Asperula odora Salisb.
  • Chlorostemma odoratum (L.) Fourr.
  • Asperula matrisylva Gilib.
  • Asperula zangezurensis Huseynov.
  • Asterophyllum asperula Schimp. & Spenn. in F.C.L.Spenner
  • Asterophyllum sylvaticum Schimp. & Spenn. in F.C.L.Spenner
  • Asperula eugeniae K.Richt.
  • Galium odoratum var. eugeniae (K.Richt.) Ehrend. in E.Janchen

Galium odoratum, the sweet woodruff[1] or sweetscented bedstraw,[3] is a flowering perennial plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to much of Europe from Spain and Ireland to Russia, as well as Western Siberia, Turkey, Iran, the Caucasus,[2] China and Japan.[4] It is also sparingly naturalised in scattered locations in the United States and Canada.[5] It is widely cultivated for its flowers and its sweet-smelling foliage.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b "Galium odoratum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
  2. ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org.
  3. ^ "Gallium odoratum". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Galium odoratum in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
  5. ^ "Biota of North America Program".
  6. ^ "Galium odoratum". White Flower Farm.
  7. ^ "Sweet Woodruff – Monrovia – Sweet Woodruff". www.monrovia.com.
  8. ^ "Galium odoratum". Royal Horticultural Society (London UK). Retrieved 19 June 2023.