Taxon: Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.

Genus:

Galium

Family:

Rubiaceae

Subfamily:

Rubioideae

Tribe:

Rubieae

Nomen number:

103279

Place of publication:

Fl. carniol. ed. 2, 1:105. 1771

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

20-may-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 23-ago-1994

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Basionym: Asperula odorata L.

Common names:

sweet woodruff (Source: Hortus 3) - English
woodruff (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
Waldmeister (Source: AH 505) - German
myskmadra (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Food additives: flavoring (fide Ency CNatIn)
Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; F Ohio)
Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sicily), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Spain

Cultivated

(also cult.)

Naturalized

(natzd. elsewhere)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk)
Euro+Med Editorial Committee Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). (EuroMed Plantbase)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 (Ency CNatIn)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Terrell, E. E. et al. Agric. Handb. no. 505. 1986 (AH 505)
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)

Check other web resources for Galium odoratum (L.) Scop. :

Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=103279. Accessed 9 junio 2026.