Skip to main content
Today is World Environment Day!
Close

Sweet olive

Osmanthus fragrans

Photo by suzmonk
Published on Project Noah
Zoom
NominateNominate for Wildlife Photograph of the Month
reportFlag Spotting

32.8291, -88.4767

Field Notes

Description:

Native to Asia, sweet olive is a favorite shrub in gardens for its fragrance, which can detected at quite a distance. Evergreen. (The Southeast U.S. has a native "cousin" of this plant called devilwood or wild olive, Osmanthus americanus.)

Reference Links:

Sweet Osmanthus - Osmanthus fragrans - Overview, Sweet Olive, an Evergreen Shrub with Fragrant Flowers

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
suzmonk
When I uploaded this spotting, one online source remarked that you can smell sweet olive in bloom for several hundred feet. I thought, yeah, don't think so. Well, I was wrong ... you really, really can.

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Flowers of North America
Photographed
PublishedOctober 12, 2013

Community Sponsor

Butterfly
Become a Community Sponsor and Help Grow our Global Movement!

Accelerate our Mission to Photograph 
Every Species in the World!

Butterflies icon
Become a Community Sponsor

Wildlife Community

Wildlife Community

Join a worldwide community passionate about wildlife and nature!

Join Project Noah

Nature School

Nature School

Transform your green space into a curiosity-creating nature classroom!

Visit Nature School

Wildlife Game

Wildlife Game

Defend wildlife throughout the jungle in thrilling nature game!

Play Baboon

Nature & Conservation Organizations

Brands & Mission-Focused Companies