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.
Similar Species
Lolium multiflorum - which has awns
Identification difficulty
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.
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4920 9144 (taken 23.6.2008).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote23 June 2008
David NichollsUlverscroft21 June 2014
Graham CalowFrolesworth10 June 2015
David NichollsBradgate Park05 July 2013
Graham CalowHigham on the Hill11 June 2015
Graham CalowWykin Canal Towpath07 June 2015
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4920 9144 (taken 23.6.2008).JPG)
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David NichollsGrange Fields, Broughton05 June 2015 Path to 'Gravel Hole' Sapcote SP 4834 9370 (taken 4.6.2007).JPG)
Graham CalowHinckley Road Gravel Pit, Sapcote04 June 2007
Graham CalowSapcote10 September 2014
 Path to 'Gravel Hole' Sapcote SP 4834 9370 (taken 4.6.2007).JPG)
