Lolium multiflorum Calflora

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Taxon Report

Lolium multiflorum Lam.

(not an active name)

Italian rye grass

2004 Carol W. Witham

2008 BonTerra Consulting

Lolium multiflorum is an annual or biennial grasslike herb that is not native to California.

also called Festuca perennis


	Plant Range Observation Search ~6161 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Lolium
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Communities: wetland-riparian, escaped cultivar

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Alternate Names:


ICPN	Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum
ICPN	Lolium strictum
JEF	Festuca perennis
PLANTS	Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum

Information about Lolium multiflorum from other sources


USDA PLANTS Profile (LOPEM2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/29/2024).