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Sweetscented Bedstraw - Galium odoratum This mat-forming plant produces whorls of 6 to 8 fragrant leaves, which smell like freshly mowed hay. The sweet scent of this plant is derived from coumarin. This smell increases with wilting and the dried plant is used in potpourri, as a moth deterrent, and as a flavoring in beverages. I love the smell &lt;3.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Mixed forest<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/127949/sweetscented_bedstraw_-_galium_odoratum.html" title="Sweetscented Bedstraw - Galium odoratum"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/127949_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=Tg9f6u2dQ2zVACGIx5pbVLZBQxo%3D" width="200" height="162" alt="Sweetscented Bedstraw - Galium odoratum This mat-forming plant produces whorls of 6 to 8 fragrant leaves, which smell like freshly mowed hay. The sweet scent of this plant is derived from coumarin. This smell increases with wilting and the dried plant is used in potpourri, as a moth deterrent, and as a flavoring in beverages. I love the smell &lt;3.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Mixed forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/127950/sweetscented_bedstraw_-_galium_odoratum.html Galium odoratum,Geotagged,Spring,Sweetscented Bedstraw,United States" /></a></figure> Galium,Galium odoratum,Geotagged,Spring,Sweetscented Bedstraw,United States,bedstraw Click/tap to enlarge

Sweetscented Bedstraw - Galium odoratum

This mat-forming plant produces whorls of 6 to 8 fragrant leaves, which smell like freshly mowed hay. The sweet scent of this plant is derived from coumarin. This smell increases with wilting and the dried plant is used in potpourri, as a moth deterrent, and as a flavoring in beverages. I love the smell <3.

Habitat: Mixed forest

Sweetscented Bedstraw - Galium odoratum This mat-forming plant produces whorls of 6 to 8 fragrant leaves, which smell like freshly mowed hay. The sweet scent of this plant is derived from coumarin. This smell increases with wilting and the dried plant is used in potpourri, as a moth deterrent, and as a flavoring in beverages. I love the smell <3.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Mixed forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/127950/sweetscented_bedstraw_-_galium_odoratum.html Galium odoratum,Geotagged,Spring,Sweetscented Bedstraw,United States

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The Sweet Woodruff

"Galium odoratum", the sweet woodruff or sweetscented bedstraw, 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, China and Japan.

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Species identified by Christine Young
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Uploaded Jan 15, 2022. Captured May 18, 2021 09:55 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/13.0
  • 1/166s
  • ISO800
  • 100mm

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