Description
A tall tufted grass with lemon-scented leaves, widely grown for tea, cooking, and traditional medicine.
Medicinal Uses
Leaves are brewed into a tea for fever, colds, stomach upset, and as a mild sedative.
Food Uses
Used to flavor teas, soups, and stews; the tender stem base is used in cooking.
Cultivation
A clump-forming perennial grass, easily propagated by dividing the tussock.
