What is Anthoxanthum?
[[File:Anthoxanthum_odoratum.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Anthoxanthum odoratum'']] [[File:Hierochloe odorata kz.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Hierochloe odorata'']] '''''Anthoxanthum''''', the ''vernal grasses'', is a large [[genus]] of [[Poaceae|true grass]] with a wide distribution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/anthoxan.htm |title=The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references |access-date=2009-08-19 |author=Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. |year=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World |archive-date=2011-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606065208/http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/anthoxan.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''A. odoratum'' is a common species of [[acid]]ic [[grassland]] and [[bog]]s in northern [[Europe]]. The genus ''Hierochloe'' is included in ''Anthoxanthum'' by some.<ref name=BSBI>Hope, Tom, & Gray, Alan 2009. ''Grasses of the British Isles: BSBI Handbook #13''. Botanical Society of the British Isles. p312 {{ISBN|978-0-901158-420}}.</ref> ''Hierochloe'' is a genus or subgenus known generally as ''sweetgrass''. These are [[perennial]] [[Rhizome|rhizomatous]] grasses found in temperate regions in the Northern Hemisphere. These erect green grasses are known for their sweet [[scent]]. They bear panicle [[inflorescence]]s with rounded grass grain [[fruit]]s. == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Poaceae]]