Citation: Hausskn., Mitt. Bot. Vet. Jena 5:32 (1887).

Synonymy: L. multiflorum Lam. x L. perenne L.

Common name: None

Description:
Short-lived perennial to 120 cm; leaf blades to 20 cm x 8 mm, acute, glabrous and shiny; spike 10-30 cm; rhachis flexuose, slender, c. 1 mm diam., often branched.

Spikelets 5-25 x 2-10 mm, with 6-12 fertile and 0-2 rudimentary florets; glumes lanceolate or narrowly oblong, between one-quarter and one-half the length of the spikelet; lemma unawned or with an awn to 5 mm.

Distribution:    All States except the N.T.   Native to Europe but also arising spontaneously in situ where the parent species are growing together. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct. — Jan. with 1 record for June.

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

Biology: New Zealand cultivars "Grasslands Manawa" and "Grasslands Ariki" have been sown in Australia, but in most cases the hybrid occurs as part of a complex of species and hybrids forming a perennial pasture.

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