Poaceae
Persian ryegrass
Lolium persicum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Lolium
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- زوان فارسي
- arz
- زوان فارسى
- Chinese
- 欧黑麦草, 歐黑麥草, 欧毒麦, 欧黑麦
- English
- Persian ryegrass
- Finnish
- Persianraiheinä
- Persian
- چچم ایرانی
- Swedish
- Perserrepe
Synonyms
- Lolium dorei B.Boivin
- Lolium dorei var. dorei
- Lolium dorei var. laeve B.Boivin
- Lolium temulentum var. gracile Regel
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.