Poaceae
Meadow fescue
Lolium pratense
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Lolium
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 草甸羊茅
- English
- Meadow fescue
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Engsvingel
Synonyms
- Bromus pratensis (Huds.) Spreng.
- Bucetum pratense (Huds.) Parn.
- Festuca adscendens Retz.
- Festuca americana (Pers.) F.Dietr.
- Festuca arctica Schur
- Festuca australis Schur
- Festuca curvata P.Beauv.
- Festuca elatior f. parviflora Kuntze
- Festuca elatior subsp. pratensis (Huds.) Čelak.
- Festuca elatior var. floribunda Peterm.
- Festuca elatior var. mucronata Schur
- Festuca elatior var. multiflora Hack.
- Festuca elatior var. parviflora Kuntze
- Festuca elatior var. pratensis (Huds.) Gillet & Magne
- Festuca elatior var. racemosa Peterm.
- Festuca elatior var. radicans (Dumort.) Koltz
- Festuca elatior var. subspicata G.Mey.
- Festuca fluitans var. pratensis (Huds.) Huds.
- Festuca glabra Spreng.
- Festuca poioides Michx.
- Festuca poioides var. americana Pers.
- Festuca pratensis Huds.
- Festuca pratensis f. aristata Holmb.
- Festuca pratensis f. mucronata (Schur) Soó
- Festuca pratensis f. parviflora (Kuntze) Soó
- Festuca pratensis var. fasciculata Sond.
- Festuca pratensis var. hocquettei de Lesd.
- Festuca pratensis var. intermedia Mutel
- Festuca pratensis var. simplex (Boiss. & Balansa) B.Fedtsch.
- Festuca pratensis var. subspicata (G.Mey.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Festuca pratensis var. subtilis Brenner
- Festuca pubescens Prodan
- Festuca radicans (Dumort.) Steud.
- Festulolium ascendens (Retz.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Poa curvata P.Beauv.
- Poa elatior var. pratensis (Huds.) Mérat
- Poa intermedia Koeler
- Schedonorus americanus (Pers.) Roem. & Schult.
- Schedonorus curvatus P.Beauv.
- Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P.Beauv.
and 2 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 76 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Владимир Дворкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Reuven Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist Photo: wozzer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Didier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: raja babeja, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Marina K, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Atieh A, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.