ryegrasses

genus Lolium

Member of grasses (family Poaceae)
grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies (order Poales)
monocots (class Liliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

There are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.

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perennial ryegrass
Lolium perenne

• 1 glume per spikelet (2 glumes for the uppermost spikelet)
• spikelet sits between a hollow in the stem and the glume
• glume < rest of spikelet
• despite the name, is an annual or at best a perennial herb

darnel ryegrass
Lolium temulentum

• 1 glume per spikelet except 2 for uppermost spikelet
• glume ≥ rest of spikelet

meadow fescue
Lolium pratense

• 2 glumes per spikelet
• leaf blade with prominent clasping basal auricles
• auricles glabrous

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1 observed taxon / 3 unobserved taxons / 1 key

Chris’s observations: 3 (1 is research grade)

Locations:

• Coyote Hills RP
• Henry Coe SP
• Joseph D. Grant CP

Months:

• Apr.: 1
• May: 2

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora