Plant Index
Galium odoratum
Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.
sweet woodruff, sweetscented bedstraw, waldmeister
Synonym(s): Asperula odorataCultivar(s): Victor Jones
Image ID: 80797
Image by: Erik Danielsen
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library
PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: GAOD3SCIENTIFIC NAME: Galium odoratum
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2020-01-01
CULTIVAR INDEX
| Cult_id | Cultivar_name | Action |
| 137 | Victor Jones | View |
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: GALIUGENUS SCIENTIFIC: Galium
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Bedstraw
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of ca. 500 species, herbs, cosmopolitan. Here circumscribed to include Asperula, Cruciata, and Sherardia, following an analysis by Soza & Olmstead (2010) that shows the genera Galium, Cruciata, and Sherardia each to be paraphyletic relative to one another, if circumscribed as traditionally. Other solutions are possible, including the recognition of these genera and segregates of them, including the dispersal of Galium into two or more genera; this approach has recently been suggested by Ehrendorfer & Barfuss (2014). Interestingly, the number of leaves per whorl appears to be a more fundamental character than those (such as tubular corollas) used to separate genera in the past.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: The whorled “leaves” are apparently evolutionarily derived from stipules, but are nonetheless here termed “leaves”.
GENUS REFERENCES: Ehrendorfer & Barfuss (2014); Soza & Olmstead (2010); Puff (1976, 1977)=Z; Lipscomb & Nesom (2007)=Y; Rogers (2005); Dempster (1978, 1981).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: RUBIACFAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Rubiaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Madder Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 630-650 genera and 10,200-13,000 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and rarely herbs, cosmopolitan, but especially diverse in tropical and subtropical areas. Subfamily and tribe classification follows Bremer & Eriksson (2009).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Bremer & Eriksson (2009); Rogers (1987, 2005).
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BLOOM TIME: May-Jun
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NATIVE RANGE: Europe & northern Africa
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GRIM ACCESSIONS
| acc_id | acc_num | acc_dt | coll_id | Action |
| 1300 | 1986-1074 | View | ||
| 7546 | 2000-0309 | 2000-09-27 | View | |
| 7985 | 2003-0037 | 2003-08-12 | View | |
| 8187 | 2004-0201 | 2006-05-19 | View |
GRIM PLANTINGS
| plt_num | acc_id | loc_num | pers_num | inst_dt | Action |
| 2258 | 1300 | 94 | NCBG staff | 0000-00-00 | View |
| 10600 | 7546 | 94 | NCBG staff | 1967-12-31 | View |
| 11230 | 7985 | 90 | NCBG staff | 2003-05-15 | View |
| 11448 | 8187 | 94 | NCBG staff | 2004-01-01 | View |
USDA PLANTS DATABASE
USDA Symbol: GAOD3USDA Common Name: Sweetscented Bedstraw
Native Status: L48 (I), CAN (I)
Distribution: USA (CO, DE, GA, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VA, WA), CAN (BC, ON, QC)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Galium odoratumCOMMON NAME: Sweet Woodruff, Waldmeister
SYNONYMY: [= C, K, Pa; = Asperula odorata Linnaeus - F, G]
PHENOLOGY: May-Jun.
HABITAT: Commonly cultivated, rarely escaped or persistent; native of Europe.
COMMENTS: Used fresh as a flavoring for May-wine.
RANGE MAP: Galium odoratum.png
Key to Map Symbols
ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Rubiaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Madder Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 630-650 genera and 10,200-13,000 species, trees, shrubs, vines, and rarely herbs, cosmopolitan, but especially diverse in tropical and subtropical areas. Subfamily and tribe classification follows Bremer & Eriksson (2009).
REFERENCE: Bremer & Eriksson (2009); Rogers (1987, 2005).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Galium L. (Bedstraw)
SUMMARY: A genus of ca. 500 species, herbs, cosmopolitan. Here circumscribed to include Asperula, Cruciata, and Sherardia, following an analysis by Soza & Olmstead (2010) that shows the genera Galium, Cruciata, and Sherardia each to be paraphyletic relative to one another, if circumscribed as traditionally. Other solutions are possible, including the recognition of these genera and segregates of them, including the dispersal of Galium into two or more genera; this approach has recently been suggested by Ehrendorfer & Barfuss (2014). Interestingly, the number of leaves per whorl appears to be a more fundamental character than those (such as tubular corollas) used to separate genera in the past.
REFERENCE: Ehrendorfer & Barfuss (2014); Soza & Olmstead (2010); Puff (1976, 1977)=Z; Lipscomb & Nesom (2007)=Y; Rogers (2005); Dempster (1978, 1981).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Galium odoratum in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)UNC SERNEC: Find Galium odoratum in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
WEB RESOURCES
USDA: Find Galium odoratum in USDA PlantsNPIN: Find Galium odoratum in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Galium odoratum in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Galium odoratum
IMAGE USE RECORDS
ID IMAGE: 80797 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)ID IMAGE1: 0 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)
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