OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lolium multiflorum   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lolium multiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lolium multiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)

Lolium perenne var. aristatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Poaceae: Festuca: Fescue, Rye Grass (Smith & Aikin, 2012)

Festuca perennis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Lolium perenne

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-19-002:

Lolium multiflorum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Lolium multiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lolium multiflorum

 

COMMON NAME:
Italian Ryegrass, Annual Ryegrass


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image of Lolium multiflorum, Italian Ryegrass, Annual Ryegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lomu_001_lvd

        

image of Lolium multiflorum, Italian Ryegrass, Annual Ryegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_lomu_002_lvd

        

image of Lolium multiflorum, Italian Ryegrass, Annual Ryegrass

JK Marlow    jkm0405z_20

May    Greenville County    SC

Field

Florets 11-22 per spikelet, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Lolium multiflorum, Italian Ryegrass, Annual Ryegrass

Keith Bradley    kab_l_perenne_arista_9148

November    Berkeley County    SC

At least upper lemmas awned (awns to 15mm long), per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lolium multiflorum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lolium multiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lolium multiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Lolium perenne var. aristatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Poaceae: Festuca: Fescue, Rye Grass (Smith & Aikin, 2012)
Festuca perennis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Lolium perenne

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-19-002:
Lolium multiflorum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Lolium multiflorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lolium multiflorum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

859

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common (uncommon in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain reddish
Grain

 

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