Lolium rigidum Gaudin, 1811

🇬🇧 Mediterranean Rye-grass

🇫🇷 Ivraie à épis serrés, Ivraie rigide, Ray-grass rigide

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 rigidum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

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

Notes

Possible confusion with L. perenne L., 1753, whose lemmas are awnless, while those of L. rigidum have a short awn (≤ 1.5 mm).

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

L. rigidum subsp. lepturoides Sennen & Mauricio, 1933, P;
L. rigidum subsp. rigidum Gaudin, 1811, P.

Hybridizes with L. multiflorum Lam., 1779 to produce L. × hubbardii J.T.Jansen & Wacht. ex B.K.Simon, 1984, P.

Photographs

img/lolium-rigidum.webp — Lolium rigidum

img/lolium-rigidum-2.webp — Lolium rigidum

img/lolium-rigidum-3.webp — Lolium rigidum

Sources

Kell, S.P., & Economou, G. (2011). Lolium rigidum (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176546/7263581
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 257). Biotope.