Lolium multiflorum Lam.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Lolium ambiguum Desp.; Lolium aristatum (Willd.) Lag.; Lolium compositum Thuill.; Lolium elongatum Rouville; Lolium gaudinii Parl.; Lolium lesdainii Sennen; Lolium multiflorum var. laeviculme Maire; Lolium multiflorum var. latifolium Maire; Lolium multiflorum f. submuticum (Mutel) Anghel & Beldie; Lolium osiridis Fig. & Delile ex Rouville; Lolium perenne subsp. italicum Husn.; Lolium scabrum J.Presl; Lolium siculum Parl.; Lolium temulentum Bertero ex Steud.; Lolium temulentum var. multiflorum (Lam.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lolium multiflorum Lam.
  • Common name : Italian rye-grass, Annual ryegrass
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands
  • Comments / notes : This species is widely grown in temperate regions of the world for pasture and forage.
  • Key identification features : Spikelets with 8-22 florets; glume less than half spikelet length
  • Flower, Fruit : June-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Chad, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Macaronesia, Sahara, Mediterranean to Central Asia, Himalaya and Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Antipodean Is., Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Bahamas, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chile, China, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, Free State, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Kerguelen, Korea, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yukon, Zimbabwe
  • 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 multiflorum. Downloaded on 27 July 2024.

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India Distribution

World Distribution
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