Hierochloe Explained

Hierochloe is a genus of plants in the grass family known generally as sweetgrass.^[1] These are perennial rhizomatous grasses found primarily in temperate and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America, although some species extend southwards into Australia and Latin America.^[2]

These erect green grasses are known for their sweet scent. They bear panicle inflorescences with rounded grass grain fruits.^[3]

Some authors advocate merging the two genera Hierochloe and Anthoxanthum, though others disagree.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Species

formerly includednumerous species now regarded as better suited to other genera: Anthoxanthum Centotheca Holcus

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2954364#page/76/mode/1up Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 208-209
2. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HIERO USDA Plants Profile
3. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9048 Jepson Manual Treatment
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=102065 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 336 黄花茅属 huang hua mao shu Anthoxanthum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 28. 1753
5. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Anthoxanthum Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Anthoxanthum
6. Hope, Tom, & Gray, Alan, Grasses of the British Isles: BSBI Handbook No. 13, Botanical Society of the British Isles, 2009, p 312. .