Common Name: sweet vernalgrassScientific Name: Anthoxanthum odoratum L.Family Name: Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and short, thin rhizomes Culmsupright, stiff, forming tuft, smooth Leaves blades flat, bright green, hairy particularly near base, margins rough; rolled in bud; auricles absent; ligule membranous with very small hairs on top, large; sheaths smooth or sometimes finely haired, margins transparent, overlapping Seedheadsspike-like cylindrical panicle, terminal, green, dense, anthers usually present, one of the first grasses to flower in the spring