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Italian rye grass

Lolium multiflorum Lam.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Lolium

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Italian rye grass (Lolium multiflorum)
FlowerPhoto: Tom Erler, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (33)
Arabic
زوان متعدد الأزهار
arz
زوان متعدد الازهار
Basque
Italiar llollobelar
Belarusian
Жыцік мнагакветкавы
Bulgarian
Италиански райграс, Многоцветен райграс
Catalan
Margall italià
Chinese
多花黑麥草, 意大利黑麥草, 意大利黑麦草, 多花黑麦草, 一年生黑麦草
Croatian
Višecvjetni ljulj
Czech
Jílek mnohokvětý
Dutch
Italiaans raaigras
English
Italian rye grass
Estonian
Üheaastane raihein
Finnish
Italianraiheinä, Westerwoldinraiheinä
French
Ray-grass d'Italie, Ray-grass ditalie, Ray grass italien, Ray-grass italien
Galician
Herba de Vigo
German
Welsches Weidelgras, Italienisches Raigras, Italienisches Raygras, Vielblütiger Lolch, Italienisches Weidelgras, Vielblütiges Weidelgras
hsb
Wulka motawa
Icelandic
Einært rýgresi
Italian
Loiessa
Japanese
ネズミムギ, イタリアンライグラス
Korean
쥐보리, 라이그라스, 이탈리안라이그라스
Latvian
Daudzlapu airene
Lithuanian
Gausiažiedė svidrė
Norwegian Bokmål
Italiensk raigress
os
Бирæдидинджын сысылы
Persian
چچم پرگل
Polish
Życica wielokwiatowa, Kąkolnica, Rajgras włoski
Russian
Плевел многоцветковый
se
Itáliaráisuoidni
Spanish
Ballica italiana, Ballico italiano, L. multiflorum, Lolio, Raigras italiano, Vallico de Italia, Vallico italiano, Zacate italiano
Swedish
Italienskt rajgräs
Turkish
İtalya çimi
Welsh
Rhygwellt yr Eidal

Synonyms

  • Lolium ambiguum Desp.
  • Lolium aristatum (Willd.) Lag.
  • Lolium compositum Thuill.
  • Lolium elongatum Rouville
  • Lolium gaudinii Parl.
  • Lolium italicum A.Braun
  • Lolium italicum var. aristatum Alef.
  • Lolium italicum var. brachypodiatum Stebler & Schroet.
  • Lolium italicum var. italicum
  • Lolium italicum var. muticum Döll
  • Lolium italicum var. ramosum Parn.
  • Lolium lesdaini Sennen
  • Lolium multiflorum f. microstachyum R.Uechtr.
  • Lolium multiflorum f. submuticum (Mutel) Anghel & Beldie
  • Lolium multiflorum subsp. gaudinii (Asch. & Graebn.) Schinz & R.Keller
  • Lolium multiflorum subsp. italicum (Husn.) Schinz & R.Keller
  • Lolium multiflorum subsp. ramosum (Guss.) Arcang.
  • Lolium multiflorum var. aristatum Maire & Weiller
  • Lolium multiflorum var. brachypodiatum (Stebler & Schroet.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Lolium multiflorum var. complanatum Mutel
  • Lolium multiflorum var. compositum (Thuill.) Steud.
  • Lolium multiflorum var. excelsum Griseb.
  • Lolium multiflorum var. gaudinii Asch. & Graebn.
  • Lolium multiflorum var. italicum (Husn.) Beck
  • Lolium multiflorum var. laeviculme Maire
  • Lolium multiflorum var. latifolium Maire
  • Lolium multiflorum var. longiaristatum Merino
  • Lolium multiflorum var. multiflorum
  • Lolium multiflorum var. ramosum (Guss.) Arcang.
  • Lolium multiflorum var. scabrum de Lesd.
  • Lolium multiflorum var. siculum (Parl.) Maire
  • Lolium multiflorum var. submuticum Mutel
  • Lolium osiridis Fig. & Delile ex Rouville
  • Lolium perenne subsp. italicum Husn.
  • Lolium perenne subsp. multiflorum (Lam.) Husn.
  • Lolium perenne var. italicum (A.Braun) Trab.
  • Lolium perenne var. italicum Parnell
  • Lolium perenne var. italicum Coss. & Durieu
  • Lolium perenne var. multiflorum (Lam.) Parn.
  • Lolium perenne var. multiflorum (Lam.) Coss. & Durieu

and 7 more.

Flowers

In flower
March to August, November (from 197 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.