Perennial Rye-grass - Lolium perenne
Description
Smooth wiry stems and inflorescence spikes 4 to 30 cm long. The stalkless spikelets are arranged along the stem in two opposite and alternating rows, edgeways on to the stem 7 to 20 mm long, flattened, oblong with their narrow edges facing the stem. Lemmas are awnless.
Habitat
Meadows, grassland and waste ground.
When to see it
May to September.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Very common throughout Britain.
VC55 Status
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 604 of the 617 tetrads.
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
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