- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Arthrochortus loliaceus Lowe; Crypturus loliaceus (Bory & Chaub.) Link; Festuca aleppica Hochst. ex Steud.; Lolium arenarium Rouville; Lolium crassiculme Rech.f.; Lolium cylindricum K.Koch; Lolium durum K.Koch; Lolium flagellare Spruner ex Boiss.; Lolium humile Rouy; Lolium husnotii Sennen; Lolium lepturoides Boiss.; Lolium loliaceum (Bory & Chaub.) Hand.-Mazz.; Lolium lowei Menezes; Lolium macilentum Delastre; Lolium parabolicae Sennen ex Samp.; Lolium perenne subsp. rigidum (Gaudin) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Lolium phoenice Rouville; Lolium rigidum var. aristatum Hack.; Lolium rigidum var. atherophorum Maire; Lolium rigidum subsp. negevense Feinbrun; Lolium rigidum subsp. parabolicae (Sennen ex Samp.) O.Bolòs & Vigo; Lolium scholzii Greuter; Lolium strictum Decker ex Steud.; Lolium strictum C.Presl; Lolium subulatum Vis.; Lolium suffultum Sieber ex Huter; Lolium teres H.Lindb.; Monerma stricta J.Presl ex Steud.; Rottboellia loliacea Bory & Chaub.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lolium rigidum Gaudin
- Common name : Rigid ryegrass, Stiff darnel, Swiss ryegrass, Wimmera ryegrass
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Cultivated fields; 200 - 1800 m. altitude
- Comments / notes : It is a good fodder grass, introduced in temperate parts of the world.
- Key identification features : Rachis 2-3 mm thick; spikelets partly sunken in rachis; lemmas 5-8 mm; awns absent or up to 3(-8) mm, present on upper florets only
- Flower, Fruit : May-August
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Canary Is., China, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Pa
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Macaronesia to South Central Europe and West Himalaya, China (Gansu, Henan) and Argentina, Arizona, Austria, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile, Czechoslovakia, Japan, Kermadec Is., Khabarovsk, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Manitoba, Mississippi, Missouri, Namibia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oregon, Primorye, Queensland, South Australia, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Tasmania, Texas, Victoria, Western Australia
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 268
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lolium rigidum. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.
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