Lolium perenne
Common Name:
Perennial Rye-grass
Family:
Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):
All regions (all grids)- naturalised in all States [3]
Map - Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):
Widespread weed throughout the State
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Flower Description:
Flowers without petals and surrounded by a scale/bract
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Habit:
Tufted perennial grass to 90 cm high
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Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):
This perennial grass has lemmas that are unawned and florets that are at least 5 times as long as broad
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Conservation status:
Introduced
References:
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Walsh, N. G. and Entwisle, T. J. “Flora of Victoria”, volumes 2 (1994), 3 (1996) and 4 (1999). Inkata Press, Port Melbourne, Victoria