Hierochloe odorata (Sweet Grass) IL DOT Seed Blend Sisyrinchium albidum (Common Blue-eyed Grass)

Sisyrinchium albidum (Common Blue-eyed Grass) is not common and not a grass

Short Green Milkweed reaches about one foot high and features greenish nodding clusters of green flowers that often become more yellow as they age

edging along paths or cottage gardens

Flower Time July-September

Silphium laciniatum

Hierochloe odorata (Sweet Grass) IL DOT Seed Blend Sisyrinchium albidum (Common Blue-eyed Grass)Hierochloe odorata (Sweet Grass) is one of the best fragrances you can come upon in a wet prairie. Someone should turn this delicate sweet vanilla smell into a fragrance, it is really something special. "Sweetgrass was and still is used ceremonially through burning the dried and braided grass stems for an incense or smudge. The fragrant smoke is used for purification and to carry prayers to the Great Spirit." USDA It's typically found in wet prairies