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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
|authority=unknown
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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
|authority=unknown
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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>Lolium multiflorum, 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>Lolium multiflorum and L. perenne are interfertile and intergrade. Lolium multiflorum differs from L. perenne 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 Lolium xhybridum Hausskn. Lolium multiflorum also hybridizes with L. rigidum; those hybrids are called Lolium 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
|illustrator=Cindy Roché
|reference=None
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|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/314eb390f968962f596ae85f506b4b3db8683b1b/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V24/V24_654.xml
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae
|genus=Lolium
|species=Lolium multiflorum
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