*Lolium multiflorum Lamarck. Common name: Italian Rye-grass, Annual Rye-grass. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Eurasia.
Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia
Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, FNA24, G, HC, Il, K4, Meso6, NE, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, WV; = Lolium italicum A.Braun — S13; = Lolium perenne L. ssp. multiflorum (Lam.) Husn. — NcTx, NY; = Lolium perenne L. var. aristatum Willd. — Ar, C, ETx1, Mi, Mo1, Va, Tucker (1996); < Festuca perennis (L.) Columbus & J.P.Sm., Jr. — Smith & Aiken (2012); > Lolium multiflorum Lam. var. diminutum Mutel — F; > Lolium multiflorum Lam. var. multiflorum — F; < Lolium perenne L. — W. Basionym: Lolium multiflorum Lam. 1778 [1779]
Links to other floras: = Lolium multiflorum - FNA24
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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