Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Monocots
• Clade: Commelinids
• Order: Poales
• Family: Poaceae
• Subfamily: Pooideae
• Tribe: Poeae
• Subtribe: Loliinae
• Genus: Lolium
• Species: Lolium perenne

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with L. rigidum Gaudin, 1811, whose lemmas have a short awn (≤ 1.5 mm), while those of L. perenne are awnless.

Hybridizes with L. multiflorum Lam., 1779 to produce L. × boucheanum Kunth, 1834, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Kell, S.P. (2011). Lolium perenne (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176540/7262174

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 257). Biotope.