Sweet scented

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Sweet scented

1	*Abronia arenaria*		honey scented	Flowers	Mild
2	*Abronia fragrans*	Four o'clock white abronia	very fragrant vanilla-scented at night. vanilla like fragrance	Flowers	Mild
3	*Abronia latifolia*	coastal sand verbena yellow abronia	fragrance of heliotrope	Flowers	Mild
4	*Abronia salsa*	sand puffs	deliciously fragrant	Flowers	Mild
5	*Abronia umbellata*	prostrate sand verbena	sweet. honey scented especially towards evening	Flowers	Mild
6	*Abronia villosa*	pink sand verbena	very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
7	*Acacia acuminata* ACACIACEAE	Raspberry jam tree	raspberry scented wood	Wood	Mild
8	*Acanthomintha ilicifolia* LABIATAE	San Diego thorn-mint thorny mint	flowers, stems and leaves are all fragrant	Flowers Leaves Stems	Mild
9	*Achlys triphylla*	sweet after death vanilla leaf	very fragrant when dried	Leaves	Strong
10	*Acokanthera spectabilis* APOCYNACEAE	winter sweet	jasmine-scented	Flowers	Mild
11	*Actinidia chinensis* ACTINIDIACEAE	kiwi Chinese goosberry	richly scented	Flowers	Strong
12	*Actinidia kolomikta* ACTINIDIACEAE	Manchurian gooseberry super-hardy kiwifruit	very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
13	*Actinidia polygama* ACTINIDIACEAE	silver vine silver-sweet vine	delicate fragrance	Flowers	Faint
14	*Adenocarpus anagyrus* LEGUMINOSAE		ravishing fragrance	Flowers	Strong
15	*Adenophora lilifolia* CAMPANULACEAE		agreeable fragrance	Flowers	Mild
16	*Adiantum pedatum* ADIANTACEAE	maidenhair fern	delicate hay-like scent when dried	Leaves	Faint
17	*Aerides odoratum*	epiphytic orchid	apple scented	Flowers	Mild
18	*Agrimonia eupatoria* AGRIMONIACEAE	agrimony church steeples sticklewort cocklebur stickwort	flowers are like ripe apricots; fragrant roots	Flowers Roots	Mild
19	*Albizia julibrissin* LEGUMINOSAE	silk tree mimosa	very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
20	*Albizia lophantha* LEGUMINOSAE	plume acacia	very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
21	*Albuca nelsonii* HYACINTHACEAE		very fragrant almond scent	Flowers	Strong
22	*Allamanda nobilis*		magnolia-like fragrance	Flowers	Mild
23	*Allium fragrans* ALLIACEAE		scented of heliotrope	Flowers	Faint
24	*Alocasia odora*		mignonette-like scent	Flowers	Mild
25	*Aloysia citriodora* VERBENACEAE		sweet leaved even when dried	Leaves	Mild
26	*Aloysia triphylla* VERBENACEAE	lemon beebrush lemon verbena	lemon-lime leaf fragrance. lemon scented	Leaves	Mild
27	*Alstroemeria caryophyllaea* ALSTROEMERIACEAE	Peruvian lily	mignonette-like scent	Flowers	Mild
28	*Alyssum maritimum*	sweet alyssum	new mown hay	Flowers	Mild
29	*Alyxia buxifolia*	scentwood	jasmine-scented	Flowers	Mild
30	*Alyxia olivaeformis*	maile	very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
31	*Amarcrinum howardii* AMARYLLIDACEAE		somewhat fragrant	Flowers	Faint
32	*Amaryllis belladona* AMARYLLIDACEAE	Belladona Lily	fine fragrance like ripe apricots	Flowers	Faint
33	*Amorpha fruticosa*	polecat tree lead plant	flowers have a rich and unusual fragrance; leaves have an unpleasant cat smell	Flowers Leaves	Strong
34	*Anacardium occidentale* ANACARDIACEAE	cashew	very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
35	*Androsace chamaejasme*		delicious fragrance	Flowers	Mild
36	*Angelonia grandiflora* SCROPHULARIACEAE	pernambuco	pineapple-like fragrance	Flowers	Mild
37	*Angraecum falcatum* ORCHIDACEAE		keen sweetness	Flowers	Mild
38	*Annona purpurea* ANNONACEAE	annona Cabeza de Negro	very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
39	*Anthoxanthum odoratum* ANTHOXANTHACEAE	sweet vernalgrass	sweet mown hay scent when cut, especially when damp	Leaves	Mild
40	*Antirrhinum* ANTIRRHINACEAE	snapdragon	oversweet and cloying, but only noticeable up close	Flowers	Strong
41	*Aquilegia caerulea* AQUILEGIACEAE	Rocky Mountain columbine	nice fragrance up close	Flowers	Faint
42	*Aquilegia canadensis* AQUILEGIACEAE	Canadian columbine wild columbine	perfumed seeds when crushed	Seeds	Mild
43	*Aquilegia chrysantha* AQUILEGIACEAE	columbine	nice fragrance up close	Flowers	Faint
44	*Aquilegia viridiflora* AQUILEGIACEAE	columbine	nice fragrance up close. agreeable aroma	Flowers	Mild
45	*Aquilegia vulgaris* AQUILEGIACEAE	European columbine	hay-like scent	Flowers	Mild
46	*Arabis albida*		very sweet	Flowers	Strong
47	*Arabis alpina*	rock cress	reminiscent of almonds	Flowers	Faint
48	*Arbutus menziesii* ARBUTACEAE	Pacific madrone	honey fragrance	Flowers	Mild
49	*Arctostaphylos manzanita* ARCTOSTAPHYLACEAE	manzanita	strongly fragrant	Flowers	Strong
50	*Artabotrys odoratissimus* ANNONACEAE	false ylang-ylang cinnamon jasmine	flowers have the fragrance of ripe bananas and pineapple; leaves are scented	Flowers Leaves	Mild
51	*Artemisia annua* ARTEMISIACEAE	sweet sagewort annual sagebrush Chinese wormwood qing hao	agreeable scent	Leaves	Mild
52	*Artemisia stelleriana* ARTEMISIACEAE	old woman beach wormwood	agreeable scent	Leaves	Mild
53	*Artemisia tridentata* ARTEMISIACEAE	giant sagebrush	agreeably scented	Leaves	Mild
54	*Asclepias quadrifolia* ASCLEPIADACEAE	fourleaf milkweed swallow-wort	very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
55	*Asclepias vestita* ASCLEPIADACEAE	desert milkweed	very sweet	Flowers	Strong
56	*Asperula odorata* ASPERULACEAE	sweet woodruff	hay scented dried leaves	Leaves	Mild
57	*Asphodeline lutea* ASPHODELACEAE	Jacob's rod Asphodela king's spear	highly fragrant	Flowers	Strong
58	*Aspidium fragrans* DRYOPTERIDACEAE		fragrance of stawberries and raspberries	Leaves	Mild
59	*Aspidium nevadense* DRYOPTERIDACEAE		smells like new-mown hay when crushed	Leaves	Mild
60	*Aspidium peruvianum* DRYOPTERIDACEAE		smells like new-mown hay when crushed	Leaves	Mild
61	*Aspidium trapezioides* DRYOPTERIDACEAE		smells like new-mown hay when crushed	Leaves	Mild
62	*Astilbe*	false goat's beard	light sweet new-mown hay scent	Flowers	Faint
63	*Astrantia major*	masterwort	honey scented	Flowers	Mild
64	*Ataxia horsfieldi* GRAMINEAE		sweet vernal grass-like scent	Leaves	Mild
65	*Azara microphylla*	barberrry	fragrant. stongly scented of vanilla even from a distance	Flowers	Overpowering
66	*Babiana* IRIDACEAE		hyacinth-like fragrance	Flowers	Mild
67	*Backhousia citriodora* MYRTACEAE	Queensland myrtle	lemon scented	Leaves	Mild
68	*Bauhinia purpurea* BAUHINIACEAE	butterfly tree mountain ebony	very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
69	*Befaria recemosa* ERICACEAE	tar flower	very fragrant	Flowers	Strong
70	Begonia 'Nancy' BEGONIACEAE		highly scented	Flowers	Strong
71	*Berberis buxifolia* BERBERIDACEAE	Magellan barberry	fills the air with sweetness	Flowers	Overpowering
72	*Berberis dielsiana* BERBERIDACEAE	barberrry	highly fragrant	Flowers	Strong
73	*Berberis verruculosa* BERBERIDACEAE	barberrry	richly scented	Flowers	Strong
74	*Berberis vulgaris* BERBERIDACEAE	barberry berberis	overpowering up close, pleasant from a distance	Flowers	Overpowering
75	*Betula lenta* BETULACEAE	cherry birch black birch sweet birch	very aromatic bark when young; wintergreen-like oil comes from leaves and the ba	Leaves Bark	Strong
76	*Bifrenaria atropurpurea* ORCHIDACEAE	epiphytic orchid	gardenia-scented	Flowers	Mild
77	*Boronia megastigma* BORONIACEAE	sweet boronia	flowers have a very sweet delicious aroma especially from a distance; leaves hav	Flowers Leaves	Strong
78	*Bouvardia longiflora* RUBIACEAE		jasmine-scented	Flowers	Mild
79	*Bouvardia longifolia* RUBIACEAE		night scented	Flowers	Mild
80	*Brickellia californica* COMPOSITAE		fragrant especially at night	Flowers	Mild
81	*Brugmansia suaveolens* RAFFLESIACEAE	angel's-tears	richly scented especially at night	Flowers	Strong
82	*Brunfelsia americana*	American brunfelsia Lady-of-the-night	very fragrant at night	Flowers	Strong
83	*Brunsvigia josephinae* BRUNSVIGIACEAE		powerfully scented	Flowers	Overpowering
84	*Buddleja* BUDDLEJACEAE	butterflybush	heavy honey-sweet aroma	Flowers	Overpowering
85	*Buddleja asiatica* BUDDLEJACEAE	dogtail	very sweet	Flowers	Strong
86	*Buddleja davidi* BUDDLEJACEAE	summer lilac butterflybush	honey scented	Flowers	Mild
87	*Buddleja globosa* BUDDLEJACEAE	Orange ball tree	heather honey scented	Flowers	Mild
88	*Bulbine suavis* ASPHODELACEAE		mignonette-like scent	Flowers	Mild
89	*Bulbophyllum suavissimum*	epiphytic orchid	scented like new-mown hay	Flowers	Faint
90	*Bumelia angustifolia* BUMELIACEAE	saffron plum	scents the countryside	Flowers	Strong

Last reviewed November 01, 2004

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