1 |
Acacia cambagei ACACIACEAE |
stinking wattle |
evil odor especially before a rain |
Whole plant |
Mild |
2 |
Acacia graveolens ACACIACEAE |
|
strong unpleasant odor |
Flowers |
Strong |
3 |
Acer saccharum ACERACEAE |
sugar maple rock maple |
keen springlike fragrance early on,somewhat stale with age |
Flowers |
Mild |
4 |
Actinidia arguta ACTINIDIACEAE |
tara vine Siberian gooseberry hardy kiwifruit |
odorous |
Flowers |
Mild |
5 |
Ageratum
|
whiteweed floss flower |
stale unpleasant odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
6 |
Ailanthus glandulosa AILANTHACEAE |
tree of heaven Chinese sumac paradise tree |
flowers have sickening odor; leaves are ill-smelling. flowers have sickening |
Flowers Leaves |
Mild |
7 |
Allium carinatum ALLIACEAE |
onion |
flowers have agreeable fragrance; leaves have objectionable odor when bruised |
Flowers Leaves |
Mild |
8 |
Allium naocissitolium ALLIACEAE |
onion |
flowers have agreeable fragrance; leaves have objectionable odor when bruised |
Flowers Leaves |
Mild |
9 |
Allium odorum ALLIACEAE |
Chinese chives onion |
flowers have agreeable fragrance; leaves have objectionable odor when bruised |
Flowers Leaves |
Mild |
10 |
Allium ursinum ALLIACEAE |
ramsons onion |
stinky |
Flowers |
Mild |
11 |
Amorpha californica
|
false indigo |
sickening sweet odor |
Leaves |
Strong |
12 |
Amorpha fragrans
|
|
odorous |
Flowers |
Mild |
13 |
Amorphophallus rivieri
|
|
fiendish odor |
Flowers |
Strong |
14 |
Anthemis cotula ANTHEMIDACEAE |
stinking chamomile dog fennel mayweed cotula fetida stinking mayweed pigsty daisy |
rank odor |
Leaves |
Mild |
15 |
Apocynum androsaemifolium APOCYNACEAE |
dogbane |
flowers have pleasant fragrance; leaves have disagreeable odor when crushed |
Flowers Leaves |
Mild |
16 |
Aralia hispida ARALIACEAE |
bristly sarsaparilla |
disagreeable odor |
Leaves |
Mild |
17 |
Aristolochia sipho ARISTOLOCHIACEAE |
|
disagreeably scented |
Flowers |
Mild |
18 |
Arum dracunculus ARACEAE |
black arum |
foul smelling like carrion |
Leaves |
Strong |
19 |
Asclepias speciosa ASCLEPIADACEAE |
showy milkweed |
penetrating, not always agreeable |
Flowers |
Strong |
20 |
Audibertia grandiflora LABIATAE |
hummingbird sage |
rank and unpleasant odor |
Leaves |
Mild |
21 |
Audibertia polystachya LABIATAE |
white sage greasewood |
white stems have an unpleasant odor |
Stems |
Mild |
22 |
Ballota foetida
|
|
very ill-scented |
Leaves |
Strong |
23 |
Ballota nigra
|
black horehound black hoarhound |
rank unpleasant smell |
Leaves |
Mild |
24 |
Bigelovia graveolens OLEACEAE |
|
malodorous leaves especially when drying |
Leaves |
Mild |
25 |
Bulbophyllum becharii
|
epiphytic orchid |
ill-scented fishy smell |
Flowers |
Mild |
26 |
Bulbophyllum fletcherianum
|
epiphytic orchid |
putrid smell |
Flowers |
Mild |
27 |
Bulbophyllum virescens
|
epiphytic orchid |
ill-scented fishy smell |
Flowers |
Mild |
28 |
Buxus BUXACEAE |
boxwood box |
keen fragrance after a rain; oppressive to some |
Leaves |
Mild |
29 |
Calycanthus occidentalis CALYCANTHACEAE |
western sweetshrub California allspice |
flowers have unpleasant odor; leaves have bitter-aromatic fragrance |
Flowers Leaves |
Mild |
30 |
Calypso borealis ORCHIDACEAE |
Nymph of the North |
occasionally fragrant |
Flowers |
Faint |
31 |
Castanea henryi CASTANEACEAE |
chestnut |
unpleasant odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
32 |
Castanea mollissima CASTANEACEAE |
Chinese chestnut |
evil smelling |
Flowers |
Mild |
33 |
Chenopodium anthelminticum CHENOPODIACEAE |
wormseed stinkweed |
offensive odor |
Leaves |
Mild |
34 |
Chenopodium vulvaria CHENOPODIACEAE |
stinking goosefoot goosefoot stinking arach |
putrid fish smelling |
Leaves |
Mild |
35 |
Chrysothamnus nauseosus COMPOSITAE |
rabbitbrush |
ill scented |
Leaves |
Mild |
36 |
Cimicifuga racemosa CIMICIFUGACEAE |
black cohosh squawroot black snakeroot bugwort |
foul smelling like carrion |
Leaves |
Strong |
37 |
Cleome platycarpa CLEOMACEAE |
golden spiderflower yellow cleome |
flowers are slightly sweet; leaves emit an unpleasant odor |
Flowers Leaves |
Mild |
38 |
Clerodendrum foetidum
|
|
flowers are very sweet; leaves have fetid odored when crushed. ill smelling |
Flowers Leaves |
Mild |
39 |
Clerodendrum fragrans
|
glory bower |
flowers are fragrant; leaves are ill scented when crushed |
Flowers Leaves |
Mild |
40 |
Codonopsis ovata CAMPANULACEAE |
|
unpleasant odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
41 |
Codonopsis viridiflora CAMPANULACEAE |
|
skunk odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
42 |
Conium maculatum UMBELLIFERAE |
poison hemlock |
abominable odor |
Leaves |
Mild |
43 |
Coprosma foetidissima RUBIACEAE |
|
very ill-scented when brushed against |
Leaves |
Strong |
44 |
Cotoneaster multiflora ROSACEAE |
cotoneaster |
ill-scented blossoms |
Flowers |
Mild |
45 |
Crataegus coccinea
|
hawthorn |
abominable odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
46 |
Crataegus tomentosa
|
hawthorn |
abominable odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
47 |
Crocus graveolens CROCACEAE |
|
unpleasant odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
48 |
Crucianella stylosa RUBIACEAE |
crosswort |
skunk odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
49 |
Cucurbita foetidissima CUCURBITACEAE |
Missouri gourd calabazilla wild gourd |
ill scented |
Leaves |
Mild |
50 |
Cynoglossum officinale
|
gypsyflower hounds-tongue |
unpleasant odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
51 |
Cytisus praecox
|
Warminster broom |
heavy stuffy odor |
Flowers |
Overpowering |
52 |
Cytisus purgans
|
Auvergne broom |
sweet scented. heavy unpleasant odor |
Flowers |
Overpowering |
53 |
Datura stramonium DATURACEAE |
thorn-apple datura jimsonweed Jamestown weed stinkweed |
very unpleasant odor |
Flowers |
Strong |
54 |
Ellisia chrysanthemifolia HYDROPHYLLACEAE |
|
strongly odorous, sometimes disagreeable |
Leaves |
Strong |
55 |
Encelia californica COMPOSITAE |
California brittlebush |
strong and slightly disagreeable odor |
Leaves |
Strong |
56 |
Eragrostis cilianensis ERAGROSTIDACEAE |
stinkgrass snake grass |
disagreeable odor when stepped on |
Leaves |
Mild |
57 |
Eragrostis megastachya ERAGROSTIDACEAE |
snake grass stink grass |
disagreeable odor when stepped on |
Leaves |
Mild |
58 |
Escallonia illinita ESCALLONIACEAE |
|
horrible odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
59 |
Euonymus europaeus EUONYMACEAE |
spindletree |
flowers have disagreeable odor; leaves have disagreeable odor when crushed |
Flowers Leaves |
Mild |
60 |
Fendlera rupicola HYDRANGEACEAE |
false mock orange |
unpleasant odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
61 |
Ferula foetida FERULACEAE |
asafoetida devil's dung |
abominable odor from the whole plant |
Whole plant |
Mild |
62 |
Fritillaria imperialis FRITILLARIACEAE |
crown imperial |
musk scented blossoms. skunk odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
63 |
Galipea odoratissima RUTACEAE |
|
flowers are fragrant; leaves are odorous |
Flowers Leaves |
Mild |
64 |
Gastrodia cunninghamii
|
terrestrial orchid |
objectionable odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
65 |
Geranium robertianum GERANIACEAE |
Robert geranium Herb Robert |
unpleasant odor when crushed |
Leaves |
Mild |
66 |
Gilia aggregata POLEMONIACEAE |
skyrocket |
unpleasant odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
67 |
Gilia androsacea POLEMONIACEAE |
|
stinky |
Flowers |
Mild |
68 |
Glaucium flavum PAPAVERACEAE |
yellow horned poppy sea poppy |
fetid when bruised |
Leaves |
Mild |
69 |
Habenaria unalascensis
|
Alaska orchid |
unpleasant smell |
Flowers |
Mild |
70 |
Hippocrepis comosa LEGUMINOSAE |
horseshoe vetch |
cheesy smell |
Flowers |
Mild |
71 |
Hyoscyamus niger HYOSCYAMACEAE |
henbane stinking nightshade |
evil smelling |
Flowers |
Mild |
72 |
Hypericum ascyron HYPERICACEAE |
great St. Johnswort |
rank and unpleasant odor |
Leaves |
Mild |
73 |
Iris foetidissima IRIDACEAE |
stinking iris stinking gladwyn |
unpleasant odor when crushed |
Leaves |
Mild |
74 |
Isomeris arborea CAPPARACEAE |
burrofat bladderpod |
dreadful odor when bruised |
Leaves |
Mild |
75 |
Lactuca virosa LACTUCACEAE |
bitter lettuce wild lettuce strong-scented lettuce |
unpleasant opium-like smell |
Leaves |
Mild |
76 |
Lamium maculatum LAMIACEAE |
spotted henbit dead nettle |
medicinal odor. unpleasant odor when crushed |
Leaves |
Mild |
77 |
Laurelia serrata
|
Huanhuan tree |
pleasantly aromatic leaves when crushed; but fetid smelling wood |
Leaves Wood |
Mild |
78 |
Ligustrum ovalifolium LIGUSTRACEAE |
California privet |
heavy objectionable odor |
Leaves |
Overpowering |
79 |
Lilium auratum LILIACEAE |
lily |
heavy languorous scent |
Flowers |
Overpowering |
80 |
Lilium pomponium LILIACEAE |
lily |
brooding,sultry,vaguely unwholesome sweetness |
Flowers |
Mild |
81 |
Lilium pyrenaicum LILIACEAE |
lily |
stinky,awful odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
82 |
Lilium sargentiae LILIACEAE |
lily |
brooding,sultry,vaguely unwholesome sweetness |
Flowers |
Mild |
83 |
Lilium speciosum LILIACEAE |
lily |
unpleasant mawkish odor |
Flowers |
Mild |
84 |
Lilium szovitzianum LILIACEAE |
lily |
brooding,sultry,vaguely unwholesome sweetness |
Flowers |
Mild |
85 |
Lysichiton camtschatcensis ARACEAE |
yellow skunk cabbage |
ill scented |
Leaves |
Mild |
86 |
Lysimachia vulgaris LYSIMACHIACEAE |
yellow loosestrife |
peculiar odor keeps flies away |
Leaves |
Mild |