Sweet Vernal-grass - Anthoxanthum odoratum
Description
Tufted grass 10 to 40 cm tall with pointed leaf blades, 1.5 to 5 mm wide. Panicles spread out in flower, but close in fruit. Spikelets are 6 to 10 mm long, with hairy glumes.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Grassy places of all kinds.
When to see it
April to July.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Very common throughout Britain.
VC55 Status
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 541 of the 617 tetrads.
David NichollsLea Meadows22 May 2015
Graham CalowNear High Cross09 May 2016
Graham CalowNear High Cross09 May 2016
David Nicholls20 Acre Piece23 May 2014
Graham CalowThe Grange Fields, Broughton Astley27 April 2015
David Nicholls20 Acre Piece11 May 2012
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David NichollsRatby05 May 2016
David Nicholls20 Acre Piece11 May 2012
David NichollsCribbs Meadow16 May 2014 B4114 bottom of Leicester Road Sapcote SP 5035 9307 (taken 9.5.2008)..JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote09 May 2008
David Nicholls20 Acre Piece11 May 2012
Graham CalowField near Freeholt Wood, Sapcote19 April 2016
Graham CalowJubilee Walk, Leire13 May 2014
Graham CalowSapcote28 April 2014 'The Park Field' Sapcote SP 4848 9330 (taken 5.5.2008),.JPG)
Graham CalowThe Park Field, Sapcote05 May 2008 field by Stoney Bridge Sapcote SP 5035 9297 (taken 9.5.2008).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote09 May 2008
Graham CalowNear High Cross09 May 2016
Barbara CooperHolwell Nature Reserve27 May 2012
David GouldGlen Hills NR, Leicester04 May 2015
David NichollsThe Brand, Woodhouse15 June 2013
David NichollsBradgate Park05 July 2013
Craig Mabbettclump hill field's broughton astley26 April 2015
Graham CalowHigham on the Hill15 May 2015
Graham CalowField near Freeholt Wood, Sapcote19 April 2016
 B4114 bottom of Leicester Road Sapcote SP 5035 9307 (taken 9.5.2008)..JPG)
 'The Park Field' Sapcote SP 4848 9330 (taken 5.5.2008),.JPG)
 field by Stoney Bridge Sapcote SP 5035 9297 (taken 9.5.2008).JPG)
