Lolium persicum Boiss. & Hohen.

Persian ryegrass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Lolium

Characteristics

Annual. Culms tufted, erect or decumbent, 20–70 cm tall, 3–4-noded, scabrid below inflorescence. Leaf blades flat, 6–15 cm × 2–8 mm, adaxial surface scabrid; auricles up to 2 mm or absent; ligule 0.5–2 mm. Raceme straight, 10–20 cm; rachis scabrid, 0.4–1.5 mm thick, spikelets about their own length apart. Spikelets 1–2 cm, florets 5–9; rachilla internodes ca. 0.5 mm, slightly spinescent; glume narrowly lanceolate, 2/3 as long to subequaling spikelet, 5-veined, apex obtuse or acute; lemmas lanceolate, 6.5–11 mm, 5-veined, apex attenuate into awn; awn 5–20 mm, slightly curved; palea equal to or slightly shorter than lemma, ciliate along keels. Caryopsis length 3.5–5 times width. Fl. and fr. Jun–Jul. 2n = 14.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses animal food
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Images

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Distribution

Lolium persicum world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Canada, China, Colombia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Palau, Saudi Arabia, Turks and Caicos Islands, Turkmenistan, United States of America, Uzbekistan, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:407495-1
WFO ID wfo-0000878458
COL ID 3VVXL
BDTFX ID 39603
INPN ID 106500
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Synonyms

Lolium persicum Lolium dorei Lolium dorei var. laeve Lolium temulentum var. gracile Lolium dorei var. dorei