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Holy-grass

(Hierochloe odorata)

Holy-grass © Andrew Gagg/Plantlife

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.