Lolium

Lolium perenne L.

Perennial Ryegrass

Natural range:  Eurasia

Habitat:  Weedy, disturbed places

Recognition: Spikelets sessile and uncrowded on a vertical spike, usually awned

Florida status:  Historically an important forage grass, perennial ryegrass is used in Florida for overseeding  turf and may turn up occasionally in disturbed sites.   It is uncommon to be growing uncultivated in South Florida, where the summer temperatures are probably too hot.