Galium odoratum




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