Family | Rubiaceae |
Scientific name | Galium odoratum (L.) Scopoli |
Synonyms | Asperula odorata L. |
Common name | (Japanese common name) kurumaba-sou (クルマバソウ, 車葉草 [meaning: wheel leaved weed]) |
(English common name) sweet woodruff | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Europe | |
Habitat | Forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=22 |
Description | Plants electing 25-40cm tall, non hair. Leaves 6-10 verticillate, each leaflet 1.5-4cm long, 3-13m wide. Flowers white corollas 4-5mm across, flowering in May to July. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Galium odoratum (L.) Scop. |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |