Sweet sassafras...

Roll a leaf in your hand to crush and it will smell like root beer. =)

More info here - http://namethatplant.net/plantdetail.shtml?plant=1330 and great facts here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassafras_albidum and https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-root-beer-1992386

Nine years ago today - https://365project.org/marlboromaam/365/2012-06-01

[Corinne C]

I love perfume and when I meet a plant I love crushing a leaf and smell it :-)

[Lin]

Nicely captured and fun fact!

[Mags]

@corinnec It's sort of fun for the olfactory nerve. =)

@linnypinny Thank you, Lin!

[Carrie Shepeard]

Love this nature capture! And the info on the plant. Never knew any of that.

[Mags]

@cashep19 Thank you, Carrie!

[Kat]

Gorgeous green and shaped leaves, thanks for the info.

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot

[Mags]

@katford Thank you, Kat!

@bkbinthecity Thanks, BKB!

[LManning (Laura)]

The leaves are such an interesting shape. Like a dinosaur footprint.

[Mags]

@ljmanning They are. They turn yellow and orange in the autumn. A pretty leaf.

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

These grow across the road from us and are beautiful in the Fall.

[Mags]

@skipt07 They are beautiful in the fall. Beautiful in the springtime too. =)

[sheri]

Neat, I wonder what it smells like.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

how lovely

[Dione Giorgio]

Lovely capture.

[Mags]

@sherimiya Root beer. =)

@koalagardens Thank you!

@sangwann Thanks, Dione!

[Kate]

I think that years ago root beer was called sassafras

[Mags]

@k9photo Are you thinking sarsaparilla?

[Peter Dulis]

Interesting - "American tribes used the leaves of sassafras to treat wounds by rubbing the leaves directly into a wound"

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Pretty details in this.

[Tom]

Nice capture and description. The roots were used to make root beer
until 1960 when the FDA banned it's use in commercial foods for health issues !

[Mags]

@pdulis Fascinating info!

@mittens Thanks, Marilyn!

@tosee Thanks, Tom! Yep, that's what the info says.

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely capture, must smell lovely!

[Yoland]

Love the bright green of the new growth.

[Mags]

@craftymeg Thank you, Margaret!

@yoland Thank you!