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Lolium temulentum L.
Darnel ryegrass

   
Symbol: LOTE2
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Native Status:  
  
  
  
  



   
Other common names:
  annual ryegrass
Photograph of Lolium temulentum L.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Turkey.
 
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Distribution by State:
Lolium temulentum L.

Distributional Map for Lolium temulentum L.
Distribution Map Legend

Lolium temulentum L. distribution:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, ON, QC, SK, YT)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NM, NY, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA

 

Related Taxa:
Lolium temulentum L.

341 genera in Poaceae, 7 species in Lolium
Distribution of Lolium temulentum L. ssp. temulentum. . Image Available.
Lolium temulentum ssp. temulentum
Darnel ryegrass
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Classification:
Lolium temulentum L.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass   Commelinidae
Order   Cyperales
Family   Poaceae – Grass family
Genus   Lolium L. – ryegrass
Species   Lolium temulentum L. – Darnel ryegrass
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Lolium temulentum L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Arkansas:
darnel Noxious weed
South Carolina:
darnel Plant pest
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Lolium temulentum L.

darnel

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

STATE Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

Introduced Information:
Lolium temulentum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.

 

 

 
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