Hierochloe odorata (L.) P.Beauv.

Vigorously rhizomatous; culms usually 3–6 dm, their sheaths few, elongate, bladeless or with lanceolate blades rarely over 3 cm; panicle pyramidal, 5–10 cm, with widely spreading or somewhat drooping branches; glumes shiny, ovate, 4–6 mm; staminate lemmas equaling the glumes or slightly shorter, often hairy on the back, awnless, sharply acute; fertile lemma shorter, hairy at the tip; 2n=28, 42, 56. Often apomictic or infertile. Moist soil, meadows, or bog-margins; circumboreal, s. to N.J., Md., O., Io., and Ariz. (H. nashii)

It is a temperate plant. It grows in damp meadows and near lakes in the Rocky Mountains in Canada.

The leaves yield an essential oil used to flavour candy, soft drinks, and tobacco. Leaves are used to flavour vodka.

Plants are grown from seed which needs to be stored for 6-12 months before sowing. They can also be grown by division of the clump.