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Holy-grass
(Hierochloe odorata)
Holy-grass © Andrew Gagg/Plantlife
A delicate, scented grass.
Habitat
Wet grassland.
Best time to see
Flowers between March and May.
Funky fact
Its strange name comes from the continental practice of strewing it before church doors on festival days.
County flower of Kinross.