Is that correctly identified? It looks suspiciously like virginicum which should be flowering now and is too early for latifolium which is not yet in flower here yet in the wild. I have smelled parviflorum and woodii as well and they have distinctly putrid marine water smell. Your description of the fragance is much how I would describe for virginicum; cloyingly sweet, but with undertones of urine and cow dung with a tendency to produce mild headaches. Aaron E Tennessee ________________________________ From: Mark McDonough <antennaria@charter.net> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] Bulbs for Shade A potential plant to consider for shade is Melanthium latifolium, the Slender Bunchflower, found growing in "dry, rocky, wooded slopes" in a limited north to south distribution in Eastern USA. It is pictured and discussed in more detail on NARGS Forum: https://nargs.org/forum/melanthium-bunchflower/ Mark McDonough USDA Zone 5 Massachusetts, near the New Hampshire border, USA