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Lolium
Lolium is a genus of tufted grasses in the bluegrass subfamily of the grass family. It is often called ryegrass, but this term is sometimes used to refer to grasses in other genera.
12 branches of this group, most-observed first
Perennial Ryegrass
speciesLolium perenne
Italian Ryegrass
speciesLolium multiflorum
Mediterranean Rye-grass
speciesLolium rigidum
Hybrid Ryegrass
hybridLolium × boucheanum
Darnel Ryegrass
speciesLolium temulentum
Persian Darnel
speciesLolium persicum
Lolium canariense
speciesLolium canariense
Lolium subulatum
speciesLolium subulatum
Lolium × hubbardii
hybridLolium × hubbardii
Lolium saxatile
speciesLolium saxatile
Lolium edwardii
speciesLolium edwardii
Flaxfield Rye-grass
speciesLolium remotum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.376
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus (Odo of Meung) · 1090 · p.112
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.161
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.543
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.159
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.740
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.361
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.581
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.494
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.550
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.552
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Lolium in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1196623.