Sweet Vernal-grass
Sweet Vernal-grass - Anthoxanthum odoratum
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.
Grassy places of all kinds.
April to July.
Perennial.
Very common throughout Britain.
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 541 of the 617 tetrads.
David Nicholls
Lea Meadows
22 May 2015
Graham Calow
Near High Cross
09 May 2016
Graham Calow
Near High Cross
09 May 2016
David Nicholls
20 Acre Piece
23 May 2014
Graham Calow
The Grange Fields, Broughton Astley
27 April 2015
David Nicholls
20 Acre Piece
11 May 2012
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 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)
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Epichloe typhina fungus galls the stems of various grasses, the gall often having a rather tubular appearance. It is white in the early stages, yellowing when mature. On various grasses including many of our most common species including Sweet Vernal-grass, False Oat-grass, Cock's-foot, Perennial Rye-grass, Wood Millet, Timothy and Rough Meadow-grass.