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Persian Ryegrass - Lolium persicum
General Description
Annual bunchgrass. Stems 10–40 cm. Leaves: blades 2–6 mm wide. Inflorescence 10–25 cm long. Spikelets 10–26 mm long, glumes about as long as the spikelet length. Lemmas: 4 to 9 per spikelet, with a slender flexuous awn 5–15 mm long (Lavin in
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Range Comments
Introduced along the southern tier of Canadian provinces and sporadically south into mainly NY, MT, ND, WY and CO (Lavin in Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 75
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References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
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Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.- Robertson, N.L. 1987. A new virus-like disease of barley : its etiology, epidemiology, and the ultrastructure of associated virus-like particles. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 96 p.
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