Citation: Hand-Mazz., Annln naturh. Mus. Wien 28:32 (1914).

Synonymy: Rottboellia loliacea Bory & Chaub. in Bory, Exped. Sci. Mor. 3, Bot. 46 (1832); L. subulatum Vis., Fl. Dalm. 1:90 (1842); L. rigidum Gaudin var. rottboellioides Heldr. ex Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5:680 (1884). , Lolium lepturoides

Common name: Rigid ryegrass, annual (or Wimmera or stiff) ryegrass.

Description:
Annual to 35 cm; leaf blades to 12 cm x 5 mm, acute to obtuse, generally glabrous but occasionally scabridulous above; spike to 20 cm, being more than half the length of the culm, often curved.

Rhachis stout, 1.5-3 mm diam.; spikelets 3.7 x 1.3 mm, with 2-4 florets, sunk in the rhachis; glumes exceeding the length of the spikelet and generally appressed to the rhachis even at maturity; lemma unawned.

Published illustration: Bor (1968) Flora Iraq 9:pl. 31.

Distribution:  Restricted to maritime environments and inland saline depressions. S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   Native to the Mediterranean coasts. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Sept. — Feb.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: Likely to be confused with maritime forms of L. rigidum from which it may be distinguished by careful consideration of the diagnostic criteria.

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