Annual Ryegrass

(Lolium multiflorum)

Characteristics

Leaves	Ligule	Flowers

Growing habits: Tufted winter annual, but can be biennial or even perennial

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots

Leaf anatomy: Glabrous leaves, open sheaths with prominent auricles, membranous ligule with frayed margin

Reproduction: Slender spike inflorescence, up to 40 spikelets with 20 flowered

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}