Anthoxanthum odoratum

Subsp alpinum: Yayla kokuotu; Subsp odoratum: Kokuotu

Caespitose perennial. Stems 10-47 cm, erect, 1-3-noded, smooth. Leaf sheaths bearded at apex, otherwise glabrous to pubescent; ligule 1-4 mm, obtuse; blades 1-16 cm x 2-6 mm, linear, acuminate, glabrous to pilose. Panicle 2-7 cm x 7-20 mm, oblong-cylindrical to ovate, green to purple. Spikelets 6-9 mm, lanceolate. Glumes persistent, with green keel; lower 3.7-4.8 mm, upper 5.8-9 mm, enclosing florets. Lemmas of sterile florets 3-4 mm, narrowly oblong, brownish all over except for 2-lobed white membranous apex; lower lemma awned above middle, awn 2-3 mm, straight; upper lemma subdorsally awned, awn 7-9 mm, geniculate, strongly twisted below. Lemma of fertile floret 2-2.5 mm, awnless, suborbicular, smooth, shining. Palea as long as lemma. Anthers 3-4.6 mm.

1-Leaf blades pilose; glumes adpressed-puberulent subsp. odoratum

1-Leaf blades and glumes glabrous subsp. alpinum

N.W. Africa, N., S. & C. Europe, Crimea, S. & C. Russia. Euro-Sib. element.