Sweet Betsy

It looks wonderfully exotic, but its a native plant.  It has some great names:

Bubby Bush, Carolina Allspice, Common Sweetshrub, Spicebush, Sweet Betsy, Sweet Bubby Bush, Sweetshrub, Sweet Shrub, mostly referring to its sweet scent. (see here)

 

Sweet Betsy

This flowering shrub looks like a paper flower.  But it's a  Sweetshrub, also called Sweet Betsy or Carolina All Spice.

(See here)

 

Sweet Shrub

This is a native North Carolina plant called a "Sweet Shrub".  It has other names: Spice bush, Sweet Betsy, and Carolina Allspice.  It is has an odd flower.  It looks and feels like a fake flower you would buy at a craft store, a little bit dull and dry.  But the leaves are very shiny.  It can have a very sweet scent, but this one didn't smell at all.