Asperula odorata L.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Asperula eugeniae K.Richt.; Asperula matrisylva Gilib.; Asperula odora Salisb.; Asterophyllum asperula K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.; Asterophyllum sylvaticum K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.; Chlorostemma odoratum (L.) Fourr.; Galium matrisylva F.H.Wigg.; Galium odoratum var. eugeniae (K.Richt.) Ehrend.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.
  • Common name : Sweetscented bedstraw, Woodruff, Sweet woodruff, Wild baby's breath, Master of the woods
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Cultivated
  • Comments / notes : It is widely cultivated for its flowers and its sweet-smelling foliage.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Kinnaur district, Kullu district
  • Native : Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, China, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Ita
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Temperate Eurasia, Algeria
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 143
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 2, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 341
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Asperula odorata. Downloaded on 16 February 2025.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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