Perennial Ryegrass
(Lolium perenne)
Leaves | Auricles | Flowers |
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Growing habits: Erect cool-season short-lived perennial, grows in clumps
Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from stolons
Leaf anatomy: Leaves linear, glabrous, sometimes scabrous on upper leaf surface, membranous ligule, comspicuous auricles
Reproduction: Compressed spike inflorescences with 2-ranked spikelets
References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice