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Italian Rye-grass - Lolium multiflorum

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Italian Rye-grass Italian Rye-grass - Lolium multiflorum dylan North Somerset 29 Sep 2021, 2:03 p.m. 26 Sep 2021, 4:52 p.m.
Italian Rye-grass Italian Rye-grass - Lolium multiflorum dylan North Somerset 29 Sep 2021, 2:03 p.m. 26 Sep 2021, 4:53 p.m.
Italian Rye-grass Italian Rye-grass - Lolium multiflorum dylan North Somerset 4 Oct 2021, 3:33 p.m. 26 Sep 2021, 4:57 p.m.
Italian Rye-grass Italian Rye-grass - Lolium multiflorum dylan North Somerset 4 Oct 2021, 3:33 p.m. 26 Sep 2021, 4:57 p.m.

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Species Description

Common and widespread throughout the UK. Habitat includes: Disturbed sites such as arable fields, sown grassland, wasteland, spoil heaps, tips, roadside verges, leys, field margins, gateways, farm tracks etc. Growing habit: Annual / Biennial / short-lived Perennial. Flowers: May to September. It was used in agriculture after about 1830, and until recently it was often grown in temporary leys for hay or silage. It was known from the wild by 1840. Native to the Mediterranean. It occasionally hybridises with Perennial Rye-grass (L. perenne).