Lolium temulentum
Common names
darnel
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Grasses
Detailed description
Roots fibrous. Stems about 45–60 cm tall. Leaf-sheaths smooth, overlapping on one another. Leaf blades 3–6 mm wide, flat, slightly rough on upper surfaces. Spikes long and narrow with 2 rows of small flattened spikelets placed edgewise to the stem. Outer glume of spikelet as long as or longer than spikelet, sharply pointed. (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981)
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Ecology
Year naturalised
1855
Origin
Mediterranean
Life cycle and dispersal
Reproduces by seed. Seed 3–6 mm long, narrowly oval, brownish, usually short-bearded at the tip. (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981)
Other information
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
LOLTEM
Referencing and citations
References and further reading
Wax LM, Fawcett RS, Isley D, eds. 1981. Weeds of the North Central States. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Agriculture, Illinois, USA. 303 p.