Poaceae FAMILY

Lolium perenne

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lolium perenne is a Evergreen Perennial up to 1.00 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope to north Africa and northern E. Asia.

HabitatMeadows and weedy places[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].