- Lolium multiflorum
Taxobox
name = Italian ryegrass
image_width = 230px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Poales
familia =Poaceae
genus =Lolium
species = "L. multiflorum"
binomial = "Lolium multiflorum"
binomial_authority = Lam."Lolium multiflorum" (Italian ryegrass, annual ryegrass) is a
ryegrass native totemperate Europe , although the precise location of its origin is unknown.cite book | last = Quattrocchi | first = Umberto | title = CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology - 3 Volume Set | publisher = CRC | date = 2006 | pages = 2408 | isbn = 978-0849313035]It is an herbaceous annual, biennial, or perennial grass that is grown for
silage and as acover crop . [cite web | last = Cosgrove | first = Dennis | coauthors = Michael Casler, and Dan Undersander | title = Rygrass types for pasture and hay | work = Agronomy Advice | publisher = Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Life SciencesUniversity of Wisconsin Extension and Cooperative Education | date = 1999-12-02 | url = http://www.uwex.edu/ces/forage/pubs/Italian_Ryegrass_with_Alfalfa.htm | accessdate = 2008-03-31 ] [cite journal | last = Moseley | first = G. | authorlink = | coauthors = E. L. Jones, and V. Ramanathan | title = The nutritional evaluation of Italian ryegrass cultivars fed as silage to sheep and cattle | journal = Grass and Forage Science | volume = 43 | issue = 3 | pages = 291–295 | publisher = Blackwell Synergy | location = United Kingdom | date = September 1988 | url = http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2494.1988.tb02154.x | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1988.tb02154.x | accessdate = 2008-03-31] It is also grown as an ornamental and readily naturalizes in temperate climates.It is a host plant to
Wheat yellow leaf virus in its native Europe.cite book | last = Lapierre | first = H. | coauthors = P. A. Signoret, editors | title = Viruses and Virus diseases of Poaceace (Gramineae) | publisher =Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique | date = 2004 | location = France | pages = 605 | isbn = 978-2738010889 ]Other common names in English include Australian ryegrass, short rotation ryegrass, and Westerwolds ryegrass. It is also one of several species called darnel.
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