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Perennial Rye-grass Flat unbranched flower-heads with tough, unstalked, many-flowered spikelets. Narrow deep-green, shiny leaves, mainly basal, folded when young. Hairless. Strong tufted stems, 20-65cms. Abundant. Roadsides, meadows, waste ground. Widely sown on agricultural and amenity ground and lawns. Similar: Italian Rye-grass, L. multiflorum and the hybrid Lolium multiflorum x L. perenne (L. x boucheanum) |
