Sweetgrass
Hierochloe odorata
About Sweetgrass
Sweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American tradition to help with Anxiety, Stress, Respiratory Issues, and Wound Healing. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Hierochloe odorata or Anthoxanthum nitens (commonly known as sweet grass, manna grass, Mary’s grass or vanilla grass, and as holy grass in the UK, bison grass e.g. by Polish vodka producers) is an aromatic herb native to northern Eurasia and North America. It is a sacred grass of the indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States. It is used as a smudge, in herbal medicine and in the production of distilled beverages (e.g., Żubrówka, Wisent)....
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist