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Lolium perenne L.
Perennial Ryegrass

Reference
Sp.Pl. 1:83 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Short-lived, tufted biennial or perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.08-0.9 m high. Fl. green, Sep to Dec. Grey or black peaty sand, sandy clay, laterite. Granite outcrops, swamps, roadsides.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 24 November 1993
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Dampierland, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Pindanland, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bayswater, Beverley, Broome, Bunbury, Busselton, Capel, Chittering, Cockburn, Collie, Cranbrook, Denmark, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Kondinin, Kulin, Mandurah, Manjimup, Mundaring, Nannup, Narembeen, Nedlands, Northampton, Perth, Plantagenet, Quairading, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, Woodanilling.