perennial_ryegrass

Lolium perenne L.

Common name: Perennial Ryegrass

This erect, perennial grass is loosely to densely tufted and stands 10-90cm high with slender, smooth leaf blades. Flowering is from August to February. It prefers to grow in hot dry summers and makes good growth in early spring and late autumn

Distribution:

Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania.

Western Australia: Dampier, Drummond, Dale, Menzies, Warren, Eyre, Roe, Avon.

Northern Territory: Central Australia South.

South Australia: Eyre Peninsula, Flinders Ranges, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South-eastern.

Queensland: Cook, Burnett, Wide Bay, Darling Downs, Moreton.

New South Wales: North Coast, Central Coast, South Coast, Northern Tablelands, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, North-Western Slopes, South-Western Slopes, North-Western Plains, South-Western Plains, South Far Western Plains. Victoria: Murray Mallee, Lowan Mallee, Wimmera, Wannon, Grampians, Riverina, Midlands, Victorian Volcanic Plain, Otway Plain, Otway Range, Eastern Highlands, Gippsland Plains, Gippsland Highlands, Wilsons Promontory, Snowfields, East Gippsland.

Tasmania: Furneaux Group, North

Bibliography:

Hacker, J.B. and Tothill, J.C. (1983) The Grasses of Southern Queensland, University of Queensland Press, Queensland.

Simon, B.K. and Sharp, D. (2002) CD Ausgrass: grasses of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra and Environmental protection Agency, Brisbane