Sweet Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum)

Sweet Vernal Grass Genus Details

This is an allergenically significant grass genus, flowering in early summer - June to July. 3-12 inches tall, vernal grass tends to grow in fields, roadsides, and waste places.
Sweet Vernal Grass Allergy Info

This is one of the more significant grass types in terms of allergy.
Sweet Vernal Grass Pollen Description

Grains are spheroidal to ovoidal, sometimes elliptical. The exine is thin and the surface is granular to finely reticuloid. Poaceae apertures are 1-porate, with the pores usually circular to ovoidal.
Grains are 22-122 micrometers in diameter.

This plant belongs to the grass family. All pollen grains in this family are similar to the Poaceae (grass) grain pictured here. Herb. MIN

This plant belongs to the grass family. All pollen grains in this family are similar to the Poaceae (grass) grains pictured here. Herb. MIN
Species in This Genus

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Sweet Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum) is a genus of the POACEAE family.
This genus includes the following allergenic species:
This genus includes the following allergenic species: