Tall Fescue

(Lolium arundinaceum)

Characteristics

Leaves	Auricles	Flowers

Growing habits: Erect, tufted perennial

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots

Leaf anatomy: Flat, smooth to scabrous with prominent ciliated auricles; ligule a collarlike membrane

Reproduction: Panicle inflorescence, contracted and narrow

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