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|accepted_name=Lolium multiflorum
|accepted_authority=Lam.
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|common_names=Annual ryegrass;Italian ryegrass;Ivraie multiflore;Ray-grass d'italie
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|name=Lolium perenne subsp. multiflorum
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|name=Lolium perenne var. italicum
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|name=Lolium perenne subsp. italicum
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|name=Lolium perenne var. aristatum
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|name=Submuticum
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|name=Lolium multiflorum var. diminutum
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|name=Lolium italicum
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Lolium;Lolium multiflorum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Poeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lolium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lolium multiflorum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
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|treatment_page=page 456
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annuals or short-lived perennials. <b>Culms</b> to 150 cm. <b>Leaves</b> rolled in the bud; blades usually 10-30 cm long, (2)3-8 (13) mm wide. <b>Spikes</b> 15-45 cm, with 5-38 spikelets; rachises 0.8-2 mm thick at the nodes, not flexuous. <b>Spikelets</b> 8-31 mm long, 2-10 mm wide, with (10)11-22 florets. <b>Glumes</b> 5-18 mm, 1/4-1/2 as long as the florets, membranous to indurate; lemmas 4-8.2 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, usually awned, awns to 15 mm, attached 0.2-0.7 mm below the apices, rarely unawned; paleas shorter than to slightly longer than the lemmas; anthers (2.5)3-4.5(5) mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 2.5-4 mm long, 0.7-1.5 mm wide, 3 or more times longer than wide. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Lolium multiflorum</i>, a European species, now grows in most of the Flora region. It is planted as a cover crop, as a temporary lawn grass, for roadside restoration, and for soil or forage enrichment; it often escapes from cultivation, becoming established in disturbed sites.</p><!--
--><p><i>Lolium multiflorum</i> and <i>L. perenne</i> are interfertile and intergrade. <i>Lolium multiflorum</i> differs from <i>L. perenne</i> in being a taller, shorter-lived perennial or annual with wider leaves that are rolled, rather than folded, in the bud. Hybrids between the two species are called <i>Lolium</i> xhybridum Hausskn. <i>Lolium multiflorum</i> also hybridizes with <i>L. rigidum</i>; those hybrids are called <i>Lolium</i> xhubbardii Jansen & Wacht. ex B.K. Simon.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Lolium multiflorum
|author=
|authority=Lam.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lolium perenne subsp. multiflorum;Lolium perenne var. italicum;Lolium perenne subsp. italicum;Lolium perenne var. aristatum;Submuticum;Lolium multiflorum var. diminutum;Lolium italicum
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|family=Poaceae
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae
|genus=Lolium
|species=Lolium multiflorum
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